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COMPILED BY 

Kendall Emerson 
Class Secretary 



Worcester, Massachusetts: 

Printed for the Class by Lucius P. Goddard 

1908 



Boys, we love old Amherst, tried mid true, 

With ha- purple hills, 
And we love the men who tavght us there, 

And the old '-'■gyrfC drills; 
But there is a love each man must feel. 

That will last his whole life long; 
'Tis the love for the Class of JVinety-seven, 

The love that is deep and strong. 

E. M. B. 



Account of the First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Annual Dinners, 
edited by E. T. Esty, and published in pamphlet form from the press of 
Carpenter & Morehouse, Amherst. 

Sexennial Book, a pamphlet of forty-eight pages, embodying a Roster of the 
Class, an account of the Sixth Annual Dinner and plans for the Sexennial. 
Compiled by Kendall Emerson, Class Secretary, and published from the press 
of L. P. Goddard, Worcester, Mass. 

Accounts of the Seventh and Eighth Annual Dinners, pamphlets, edited by 
E. T. Esty and issued from the press of L. P. Goddard, Worcester. 

Numbers One, Two and Three, Vol. L, of the Amherst '97 Wake-Up news 
sheets edited by Kendall Emerson, Class Secretary, and published by the 
press of L. P. Goddard, Worcester. These last included accounts of the Ninth 
and Tenth Annual Dinners of the Class. 



(Greetings. 

Atnherst College^ Amherst^ 3Ias8. 
Dear ^Ninety- Seven : 

The Class o/"1897 has visited Amherst three times since 
I hove lived here^ in 1900, in 1903, and in 1907 ; oftener than 
any other class, since 1900 was my first Commencement. I 
feel that I have made vp in a measure hy acquaintance for 
my misfortune in coming to Amherst too late for your under- 
graduate friendship. 

A strong, united Class it obviously was in 1900. The 
impression has deepened xorth your successive visits, and last 
summer showed the decade (not decadent^ class a remarkably 
exemplary and unmistakable having-a-good-time class. Let 
any and every '97 man do me the favor, whenever he is in 
Amherst, of calling, to shake hands and exchange good words 
for the Class and the College. 

Fraternally yours, 

GEORGE HARRIS. 



Th.e Class of 1897 — Greeting : 

It gives those of us whose heads reach well above the 
snow line and show deep marks of the erosion of many years 
a sincere pleasure to congratulate the Cla^s on the completion 
of ten years of real life. 

I am, glad to believe that some of you have become 
intellectual and perhaps spiritual athletes, and are doing 
sturdy work in this good world. 

Very cordially your friend, 

B. K. EMERSON. 




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THE DECENNIAL. 

As Freshmen we used to boast that Amherst is the most 
beautiful place on earth, though probably few of us really 
thought so. To the returning alumnus, however, this is a 
cold fact upon which he may enthuse without restraint. By 
Amherst, be it said, is not meant the Central Vermont Railroad 
with its level track stretching away toward Belchertown, 
nor yet that adjacent hat factory offending in turn each of 
the five senses. 

Passing these, we of '97 went first to Headquarters, 
registered and secured one of the cots, supplied by the ever 
thoughtful Emmie, in case we should want to sleep. Then 
we strolled out on the lawn and watched Miner Crary, Jack 
Carnell or some other born day-laborer decorating the house 
and grounds with '97, the purple and white, and countless 
Japanese lanterns. It occurred to us that it was dear old 
Richie's house we were occupying and we missed him, missed 
his smile of recognition and welcome. 

But Richie lives. If each of us could have told what he 
remembers of Richie, there would have been another volume 
of the Decennial Book and well worth the printing. Richie 
called a fellow up one day and said, "Yes, that's correctly 
translated. 

'You tremble before all that does not matter, 
And what you have never lost 
For that you must always weep.' 

Now, Mr. So-and-So, what is it you have never lost?" 
That was a poser for the student. What the deuce hadn't 
he lost, anyhow? "What you have," said Richie, and the 
passage cleared itself up a bit. 

Then "Poco" was gone. "Poco" asked us once not to 
smoke outside his door in Walker Hall. We wondered at 
that, and thought he was getting fussy, but did him justice 



10 THE DECENNIAL. 

in a moment when he told us that the doctor had forbidden 
him to smoke, and that we must have pity for a brother in 
affliction. 

And Garman was gone. That wasn't right either. Garman 
had taught us to think, to look at the world fair and square, 
to accept facts and to take what came. ''The evidence, 
gentlemen, the evidence," he would say. No matter what 
you want to think, or what you say you believe, "Here are 
the facts. Now, then!" Well, we faced them. I suppose 
each of us would name Garman one of two or three among 
all his teachers who had done most for him, — a man who 
had made us "sons not of his flesh, but of his mind." 

In spite of these losses it was the same Amherst after all. 
Old Doc was there, still holding his place in war and peace 
and in the hearts of his country??*ew (slam-de-bang, bang, — 
slam bang!), Prof. Crowell, in frock coat dignity, Georgie 
Olds, with his live interest. Tip Ty, Billy Cowles, solid old 
Nung, Grosvie showing an Eastern hospitality with the 
good will of a Christian. Old Bill whose "vector of PQ" will 
never die, had resigned in favor of Tommy; Tommy who, 
you remember, "flashed the actinic ray of hope," as per 
Wake-wp, Op. 1, No, 2, Derwall had retired, giving his 
successor a bit of advice beginning, " Now, Hoppy, ye know, 
not one of these fellows knows as much as my dog, ye know." 
Bigelow had created a department of the utmost value to 
Amherst. Then Kimmie the Prof., Levi, Tompy, Pa 
Fletcher, Poly Con Crook, Phillips and Nelligan, with Davys 
Todd and Sprague, all gave us their welcome as of yore. 
Morse came from his chateau in the Pelham Hills. Emmie 
chanted his "Good Morning" like a deep organ note 
(O Joseph Duncan!) in the church where they rang the 
chimes for Durgin. As for Prexy, Richie hit it right in his 
last letter to the Class when he said, " Amherst is and will 
be all right as long as George Harris is at the head of it. " 

But to get back to headquarters. There was a couch at 
one end of the piazza for him of Arizona. The only chance 
at this couch was when Dick would rise to get a bottle of 
beer — for some newly arrived guest. At other times he 



THE DECENNIAL. 11 

might be found occupying his place with energy, telling 
tales of mines and counter-mines, blood, faro and Jesse 
James. On the other end of the veranda Josh might be 
heard discussing any important topic of the day, e. g., the 
condition of the Central Vermont Railroad, whether Bernard 
Shaw means to be taken seriously, the Theory of Least 
Squares or the authorship of the Book of Hebrews, while 
Joe Duncan, whose viewpoint is ever unique and delightful, 
agreed or disagreed with the master mind as he damn pleased. 
Indoors Commodore Blake taught us his Decennial Song 
which first saw the incandescent at the last Boston dinner, 
proving that the composer of Campus Dreams is not a past 
participle. Kimmy not to be outdone lured from the piano 
strains of Godard's Second '97 Mazurka and other familiar 
hymns, " Oh, why can't I drive as other men do?" or " Drink a 
highball at nightfall To the Class of '97. " So it went at Head- 
quarters. As for attendance, the names of eighty-three strong 
men and true appear on the record, Billings and Ball signing 
so that George Third (or Bird) might read without his specta- 
cles, while prominent among the nobility stood the name of 
Patch, Baron of Gloucester. One could tell from the nicely 
drawn signature of Carnell not only that he was manager 
of a Business College, but that he came early and had plenty of 
time to twirl a pen over the letters of his name. On the con- 
trary Dwight Burrage, whose name reads number eighty-three, 
signed as if he feared the worst, that the beer was all gone, for 
he saw that Carl Gates had signed just sixty names before him. 

Emmie's name was first on the list. As no one else was 
around at the time, he signed for Thursday at 10 a. m. Austin 
Keep dropping in a few minutes later knew that Kendall 
had seen him and made it Friday at 1 p. m. Then followed 
Jack Carnell, Kimmy and Gussie Howland. On Saturday 
forty-six of us arrived, on Sunday six, on Monday twenty- 
four, and two more on Tuesday, making up the quota. 

The Class was exceedingly fortunate in its local secretary, 
Wilbur Jones '09, who did much to make the reunion a success, 
proving himself an able executive and a mighty good fellow. 
The Class appreciates his good work and interest. For that 



12 THE DECENNIAL. 

matter the preparation made by Chairman Emerson and his 
assistants was excellent throughout, "as the e^'^ent proved" 
(thank you, Mr. Sterrett of Cornell). This was shown by 
the fact that every one of us was thoroughly at home within 
an hour after hitting the town. It was shown again by the 
fact that matters went along from beginning to end exactly 
as they had been planned long before at 37 Pearl street in 
the City of Worcester, Massachusetts. 

On Thursday, June 21st, our threshold was darkened by 
the shadow of Joseph Tolson, also of Worcester and steward 
of the Winter Club. Unlike the dwarf Perkeo who kept 
guard over the great Tun at Heidelberg, he did not drink 
up all the beer, but dispensed it with a generous hand. Now 
and then, with a dextrous twirl he would spin a highball 
over to Plugger Gates, or, by request, would open a bottle 
of ginger ale for Morse, E. C. (Two Morses in '97, Old Doc.) 
Still the official drink was beer, and this too was wisely 
planned "as the event proved." You may think to the con- 
trary "and with reason — not so, however." 

The formal opening of the Decennial came Saturday evening 
with a Pop Concert given by the Stevens-Duryea Band, Lord 
Geoffrey Amherst and Sir Mortimer Blake assisting. During 
the first part of the program Lamson fondled his gun and 
thought of the Prescott Arizona Choral Society, but when 
Sir Mortimer led his band through Campus Dreams, the gun 
was laid aside, tears coursed down manly cheeks and the 
proud ruffian was a boy again. 

That evening we had guests galore. 'Naughty-One bore 
down upon us with a band and torches and summoned us 
forth to do the town. So we donned our official automobile 
togs and waded out through thick and thin, while Pa Rich- 
mond in his Mercedes kept off the dogs and boys. Keeping 
step to our band with one foot and to the '01 band with the 
other, we reached the latter's headquarters. There we 
washed down the dust and were welcomed by a man with a 
speech. May he never make another! We took the '01 
men home with us. The speech had done for them too. 
They were a haggard lot at its close. 



THE DECENNIAL. 13 

After all the 'Sevens had been entertained, who should 
turn up but '06 with the original version of Lord Geoffrey. 
Then George Davis with many songs and a tropico-African 
dance. And so the whirl went on till closing time. 

On Sunday came the Baccalaureate Sermon, which many 
attended at a distance, and the Mozart Requiem Mass, under 
the direction of Billy Bigelow, Dan Kidder and Nung. Judging 
by the heat of the neighborhood, the dead had not been wholly 
righteous. On Sunday too we served tea for the Faculty. 

But Monday was our great day. First we trimmed '01 
in the morning with the aid of Blake and Downey. Then 
with fresh courage we walked on Williams, seven to three. 
After the game Prof, and Mrs. Grosvenor gave a brilliant 
reception in our honor, enabling us to meet many old friends 
among Faculty and students. The wives and sweethearts 
of the Class, nineteen in number but 'Ninety-seven at heart, 
assisted Mrs. Grosvenor in receiving. The house was loyally 
decorated and the beautiful grounds showed to advantage, 
for, as Richie used to read us with a smile, 

"Die Damen geben sich und ihren, Putz zum Besten 
Und spielen ohne Gage mit." 

Now after ten years you can't be expected to know exactly 
what this means, and no more do I, but just ask Hank Lane 
or Rosa. 

Directly after supper and before dinner, for it is well to 
have enough to eat at such times, the Class Business Meeting 
was held. This was accompanied by mirth and song wherein 
Bob Esty, Choregus Lamson with his piping treble, Carnell, 
Bob Fletcher, Kidder, Art Merriam, Gussie Rowland and 
others were conspicuous. Kimmy, the Aurist, was kept busy 
puttying up cracked ear drums. 

During the intervals of business our Secretary received the 
hearty approbation of the Class for the faithful and efficient 
way in which he had planned and carried through the Decen- 
nial. Few of us realize the amount of work necessary for 
such an undertaking, though all of us enjoyed the fruits 
thereof "as the event proved." Our President, E. T. Esty, 



14 THE DECENNIAL. 

was successfully foiled in an attempt to resign, and our 
Treasurer Patch showed that the financial affairs of the Class 
were in excellent condition. 

Under these favorable circumstances all prepared to enjoy 
the Class Banquet, while the wives and sweethearts partook 
of a spread at Headquarters. The dinner was as usual at 
Dud Kendrick's famous caravansary, and sixty-three strong 
hearts sat down to the groaning board. Charlie Weil had 
come all the way from Milwaukee to adorn the head of the 
table, and proved an ornament to the office of toastmaster 
with a sparkling urbanity and frothy wit that might have 
aroused suspicion, did we not know that he came fresh from 
the Blue Ribbon, Prize Medal, not over four per cent, alcohol, 
Malt City of the West. After patting us on the back awhile 
for being such a darned fine crowd, he summoned Prexy 
Esty to his feet for a further eulogy of "The Class." That 
finished amid thundering applause, Austin Keep gave us 
"A Retrospect" which summed up many college happenings 
and a survey of the past ten years. Gilbert Grosvenor on 
"Jography" spent most of his time booming Josh for college 
trustee, not strictly in line with his subject, but a commend- 
able effort. Our boy orator, Thomas Jefferson McEvoy, 
then addressed us on " Our Measure of Values. " What he 
said was ripping, but I have forgotten it. The Class Quartet 
broke loose every now and then through the evening, and 
Jack Carnell at sight of so many benedicks spent much of 
his time remarking that he was glad he was free, with all 
due apologies to the married men. Blake and the piano 
seemed to move as one creature, taking the five barred gate 
and water jump without a flicker and coming down the stretch 
on Campus Dreams like romping home from a picnic. One 
of the events of the evening was a piping cheer raised by 
the fair girls of 'Ninety-Seven, from their station on the 
hotel balcony. The old trusties were all there, and a most 
pleasing feature was the sight of many faces not often fre- 
quenting Class functions. Keep up the good work. Toasts 
to Success, cheers for the College, the Class and the Future 
wound up the evening's festivities. 



THE DECENNIAL. 15 

The cold gray dawn dawned. Tuesday was not eventful, 
but this was all the better, coming (as indeed it must) after 
Monday. One did as one pleased. On Wednesday we 
lined up for the Alumni Dinner. Edward made the speech 
of the day, because he had a class worth talking about. E. P. 
Grosvenor, though some think G. H., received the Trophy 
Cup for the Class. '97 had brought back 83 men out of 
122, or 68 per cent. 

With the cup in our possession and many happy memories to 
look back upon, each of us counts the Decennial a success, 
and looks forward to the next reunion. 

Charles W. Cobb. 



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FACULTY LETTERS. 

Amherst College. 

Department of Latin. 
Amherst, Mass., November 20, 1907. 
To THE Secretary op the Class of 1897: 

I wish to express my hearty thanks for the opportunity of 
sending a word of greeting to your class on the occasion of its 
completing the first ten years of graduate life. 

The recollection of my acquaintance with its members 
during their college course and particularly with those whom 
I was accustomed to meet in the recitation room, I prize 
very highly. It is gratifying to know that the promise of 
their undergraduate days has been fully sustained during 
this decade. And with all their friends it is a privilege to 
join in hearty congratulations that they have made so honor- 
able a record. 

May I be allowed to add my most earnest wishes for the 
continued and ever increasing prosperity of each member of 
the class in all the future. 

With most cordial regards, 

Very sincerely yours, 

E. P. Crowell. 

Amherst College Department of Greek. 
Harry deForest Smith. Levi Henry El well. 

Amherst, Massachusetts. 
Elwell clarissimo optimoque medico Emerson S. D. 
egregii ordinis XCVII Coll. Amh. scribae. 
Si tu comitesque valetis, bene est; valeo. 
Vehementer vereor ne vos et alii plurimi sitis obliti Grae- 
carum rerum quarum studiosi quondam fuistis. Quam ob 
rem lingua Latina uti cogor ut ad vos de novis rebus scribam 
quomodo decet atque oportet; banc enim linguam omnes 
intelligitis. Nonne per hunc to turn annum una voce canitis 
illud carmen triumphale 

Ubi es, o poculum? 



FACULTY LETTERS. 17 

Decern ordines discipulorum post vos venerunt et abierunt; 
hi ordines pauca egerunt melius quam vos, multa peius. Ille 
discipulus, totus, teres atque rotundus, est iam rara avis; 
athleticus autem est ubique. Iste athleticus vero multa 
leviter agere cupit, aliquid vel nihil graviter et toto animo; 
edepol hoc est eius lex primaria. Sed meliora optamus et 
speramus. 

Vos atque linguas antiquas colo semper et diligo. Valete. 

Data pridie idus Novembres MCMVII Amherstia. 

Amherst College. 
Office of the Dean of the Faculty. 
Amherst, Mass., Nov. 14, 1907. 
Dr. Kendall Emerson: 

I am surely most tenderly affected by your request that I 
write you something for your Decennial Class Book. 

And it is all the more dearly appreciated by me as I realize 
that the Class of '97 is the one that I was last in full touch 
with in the College. The next class to yours. Dr. Phillips 
guided and handled with the joy and success that we all 
know about. 

But there is no class that responded to my roll call of which 
I have recollections more delightful than those of '97. My 
first impulse is to speak of the men who were specially dear 
to me, who certainly were dear to me, and whose attitude 
was ever that of the scholar and the gentleman. But as I 
think whose names I shall write for this category, I see I 
shall fill more than one sheet with such names. I have not 
one which I could or would leave out. 

And the ten years since those happy days are gone, and 
you know what the labors and hardships and joys of a manly 
life are and you are shewing that they all sit lightly on your 
heads. 

Wife and child do make wonderful impressions on us 
all and you are no exception. And cherish them most 
heartily for these are your first and most blessed acquisitions. 

And now we welcome you back to a new President, to many 
new Professors, to a swimming pool and a skating rink, all 
of which make the college life sweeter and stronger. 

You will miss Professors Garman and Richardson, and 
Professor Morse you'll only see at church and prayer meeting 
and the occasional social functions. But the eleven new 
men in instructors' chairs will shew you that our new teaching 
force is made up of solid hewn timber and nicely hammered 
stone, all of which is as sound and substantial as Pelham 



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and Monson granite. And the music of college in Hitchcock 
Hall will shew you that Mr. Bigelow is a worthy and successful 
Professor in his department. 

Keep coming back to see us and shake our hands at least, 
and give us children and grandchildren enough to shew that 
we are as good and strong as we were when you were a 
" magnam partem, " whether we are a large or a small college. 

With a prayer for God's blessing to every one of you, 
please remember that I cherish your friendship. 

E. Hitchcock. 



Amherst College. 
Department of Mathematics. 

Amherst, Mass., Nov. 20, 1907. 
My dear Kendall: 

A request from '97 is a command — and, though the response 
is tardy, I must obey. 

Your reminder of the "eighteen" survivors led me to pick 
up the catalogue of your entrance year. The transforma- 
tion is even more marked. There are to-day only twelve 
survivors of the '93 Faculty list. 

The change in the curriculum is quite as striking. Com- 
pared with fourteen years since, philosophy has added two 
terms; history, three; economics, three; English, four; German 
and French, six each; Italian, three; mathematics, three; 
physics, six; chemistry, three; geology, two; biology, three. 
Modern Government, music and Spanish have come into 
existence with an aggregate of sixteen terms. 

Yet with all these far-reaching modifications in personnel 
and instruction, it is after all the same old Amherst. Your 
reunion last June must have made you realize that. Strong 
men indeed have gone from us, and we mourn their loss, 
but their labors would have been largely vain, if the insti- 
tion into which they built their lives were not to embody 
their immortality. Courses of study grow and multiply, 
but the aim of the college remains the same, to turn out 
strong, true, well-rounded men, fitted to be worthy and 
efficient co-workers with the Amherst sons of the decades 
that are past. 

With man}^ thanks for giving me this chance to go down to 
posterity between the covers of your Decennial Book, I 
remain as always. 

Cordially yours, 

George D. Olds. 



FACULTY LETTERS. 19 

6 College Street. 

Amherst, November 18, 1907. 
Dear Fellows of '97: — 

Hearty greetings and good wishes to you all, now at the 
end of your first decade of alumni-ship. You have got your 
running start into life; the way is still gloriously upward 
and your wind sound and strong; far before you yet are the 
prosaic levels, and farther still the down grade. We older 
ones are beginning to step out; half of your roll of college 
teachers already gone. But all of us share together in happy 
memories, and no less, I trust, in noble uplifting hopes. While 
by this time you have learned, as all must, that college is 
not everything in life, yet everything in your life is brighter, 
I am sure, for the memories, the friendships, the ideals, 
which remain with you from the comradeship of ten years 
ago. Long live the Class of '97 to perpetuate and increase 
the honor of Old Amherst. 

Yours very sincerely, 

John F. Genung. 

Amherst College, Department of Latin. 

November 13th, 1907. 
Dear Dr. Emerson: — 

Your invitation to be one of those sending a word of greet- 
ing to the Class of '97 is thoroughly appreciated, and I thank 
you for it; evidence that one has not been forgotten is always 
agreeable. The thought suggested by you, however, that 
of the Faculty who were here when you graduated only 
eighteen now remain, is a sad one. 

When a Class like that of '97 leaves the College, we all 
may take great pleasure in the belief that the world is to be 
richer by the services of a hundred strong young men, well 
equipped for their work; but when highly esteemed and 
successful instructors have departed from our number, we 
feel that we have experienced an irreparable loss, and for 
a moment courage falters. Wise men, however, do not long 
turn their thought backward, but while cherishing the memory 
of those who have gone, steadily look towards the future, 
even now bright with promise. 

Ten years out of College does not seem a long time, but 
in it well-earned reputations have been established, and 
much good work accomplished, as many of the Faculty 
rejoiced to learn last Commencement, when your Class 
returned in such large numbers, and with such well-earned 
laurels. Every one of your teachers still recalls with the 



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greatest pleasure the excellent scholarship, the manly bearing, 
the contagious enthusiasm and loyal spirit of the members 
of '97 during their College days; and it is with even greater 
delight, that they now recognize the ample evidence that 
the great promise of those four years has been more than 
fulfilled, and that the coming ten years are destined to be 
even more fruitful in good works than the last. The College 
follows with a greater interest than many of you realize, 
your successful careers, is proud of your achievements, and 
will always welcome your return to her home. 

That every member of the Class of '97 may attain success 
and happiness in the highest degree, thus making the world 
better and happier, and that Amherst College may have 
many more similar classes, is my sincere wish. 

Most cordially yours, 

William L. Cowles. 

Amherst College, Department of Economics. 

November 2d, 1907. 
My dear Dr. Emerson: — 

I am very glad to offer a word of greeting to the members 
of the Class of 1897. I have reasons for the kindest remem- 
brances of this class, the second to be graduated after I 
became a member of the Amherst Faculty. Should I judge 
from my own experience, a new instructor especially appreciates 
every evidence of cooperation and friendly interest on the 
part of his pupils. A good teacher always appreciates this 
but when facing new conditions it is something of a trial. 
Students must take him somewhat on faith and in more 
ways than one have some power to make or mar him. As 
I look back to those first years I realize in a degree how 
poor the teaching was, yet the Class of '97 never gave me 
away. More than that, the men gave clear indications that 
they thought we were doing pretty well. The class has 
not only my respect but affection for the kind things said 
and the good work done. 

In common with other teachers at Amherst I have 
known that the class has never wavered in deep loyalty to 
the college. This has been a source of strength to us. 

I enjoyed meeting the men individually at the Reunion. 
May success and the joy of good work and achievement con- 
tinue as their portion! 

Sincerely yours, 

J. W. Crook. 



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Amherst, Nov. 14, 1907. 
My dear Emerson: — 

At the end of a busy day it is a pleasure rather than a 
task to write a word of greeting to the Class of 1897. I 
think of you as a set of men intellectually keen, socially 
agreeable, and fighting honest. You possess in a marked 
measure the three I's that are bound to win success: integrity, 
intelligence, and industry, and you will not forget that the 
greatest of these is integrity. 

A man's greatest wealth is in his friends, so invest heavily 
in friends and you will be undisturbed when values depre- 
ciate in Wall Street. Large and permanent wealth has 
come to me from fellowship with my classmates in '84, and 
I am confident that to each one of you will come equal inspira- 
tion from membership in a class as fine and strong as the Class 
of 1897. 

With sincere regards to all your classmates, I am, 

Your friend, 

Joseph O. Thompson. 

Class of '97: — Gentlemen: 

Greetings and best wishes from one of the "eighteen," 
who is delighted and honored to be heard from as one of the 
survivors — at the same time, sad to think that there are 
only eighteen. But time flies and the wear and tear of 
such classes as '97 was something terrible. Why, do you 
know, there were some men in that class of yours who wanted 
to study a little, men who seemed to think that the faculty 
existed for other purposes than to hinder or promote athletics 
and to tell them what perfect gentlemen and mature men 
they were on all occasions — or the opposite. Really a strange 
class, yours! There were some men in your class who actu- 
ally allowed their studies to interfere with their college 
course. Heigho! The teacher faces perpetual youth and 
his fight is a losing one. To live again, even if only to a 
small extent, in the minds and hearts of those with whom 
he has "fought the good fight," perhaps too, only by virtue 
of his position, is the most he dare hope for; and so, to be 
one of the eighteen survivors, means simply, not yet to 
have finished the "fight," as have "Richy" and others of 
blessed memory. But with their memories still quick within 
us, we are still fighting, "still keeping the faith" and one of 
the "crowns of righteousness" is an occasion like this, when 
you remember us and ask for a message. Congratula- 
tions and greetings, and do you with sober minds and 



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joyful hearts drain your glasses to the health and prosperity 
of old Amherst. 

Cordially yours, 

W. P. BiGELOW, '89. 

Amherst College, November 25th. 

Amherst, College. 
Department of Hygiene and Physical Education. 
Amherst, Mass., Nov. 25, 1907. 
Greetings to the Class of '97! 

Alma Mater is proud of the work you are doing in the 
world and the world ought to be thankful. Though away 
in the forefront of battle, your memory is still green at the 
old college among those who knew you as boys, who expected 
you to make good and are watching you do it. 

Your return last June banished a decade from our lives. 
Come again collectively, or individually, when the harness 
chafes a little, and be boys once more. Who knows 
but what the grindstone may get tired of having the 
proboscis even of '97 pressed against it too continu- 
ously. Leave it — I mean the grindstone — and hie hither 
with wives, babes and bathing trunks — and don't forget 
your skates. 

With the best of good wishes for every one of you, 

Cordially, 

Paul C. Phillips. 

Amherst, Mass., Nov. 11, 1907. 
Dear Doctor Emerson: — 

You confer a great favor upon me on behalf of the Class 
of '97 when you ask me to contribute, as a member of the 
"old guard, " a note to the class for publication in your Decen- 
nial Book. 

From Moses to Big Ty, you are certainly a remarkable 
class, eminent with learned professions. The ministry, 
medicine, law, engineering, teaching, railroading, and other 
branches of human endeavor are all represented, and I see 
by to-day's Student that one of the Grosvenor twins has 
just written a book. 

Of course I knew you best as athletes, and I shall always 
remember with pleasure my trips with the famous relay 
team, composed of Elliott, Fletcher, Morgan and Billings, 
which has never been beaten. 



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Although the men "marked absent" in the gymnasium 
under Blake were, at times, rather numerous, still you were 
always prominent on the athletic field. That you may con- 
tinue to be as successful in the future as you have been in 
the past decade, and that I may yet apply the tape to your 
sons in our anthropometric laboratory, is the wish of 

Your Athletic Instructor, 

R. F. Nelligan, 



24 NINETY-SEVEN— NINETEEN-ONE. 



NINETY-SEVEN, 4— NINETEEN-ONE, 2!! 

Triumphal March follows Great Base Ball Victory. 
'97 Captures the Alumni Championship. 

Pratt Field was the scene of a battle royal on Monday 
morning. The weeds had been carefully removed from the 
varsity infield, and the distances between the bases increased 
to the official length. Standard league balls and full weight 
bats were used for the first time since 1897. Although 
the class of Nineteen Hundred and One presented a 
team of seasoned veterans who had been practising daily 
since the first of June, they were beaten in five innings, 
4 to 2. 

'97, about 70 strong, and A. H. Kimball, marched to the 
diamond from headquarters behind the Stevens band, and 
kept up the finest Alumni cheering ever heard on Pratt 
Field throughout the five breathless innings. This vocal 
backing and the cheering, led by the peerless Josh, together 
with the heavy odds offered on '97, kept the players of both 
sides up to the top notch of their ability. The excitement 
reached such a high pitch that two stars were born during 
the contest. Many side bets were placed with "Old Doc" 
on individual members of the team. Added zest was instilled 
into the game by the presence of a Pilsner water wagon off 
third base, presided over by A. H. Kimball who acted with 
rare hospitality. Crary, Morse, Lamson and Blake were the 
only '97 players to reach third and earn the right to reduce 
the internal contents of the wagon, but Kimmie helped out. 
Downey and Elliot were given honorary quaffs for errorless 
work in the right and left gardens. Sullivan, '92, umpired 
the game and showed rare counterbalancing judgment at 
critical points. 

The loyal '97 fans, as if moved by one common impulse, 
thought of "S10,000 Mike Kelly" of the old Boston National 
team, when they saw Jim Downey, after the game, marching 
along under the glow of that big purple Alumni Base Ball 
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his fame, while Jim, in one fateful hour, achieved the highest 
distinction ever won in baseball, entitling him to a place 
among the Immortals of Pratt Field. His skilfully placed 
Texas leaguer in the second, bringing in the first run, and 
his phenomenal "one-hand-running-backward" catch of a 
hot line drive from the bat of Gladwin in the third, were the 
two most brilliant features of the game. Jim easily covered 
right field, a section of centre field, and all the land 
contiguous to the first base foul line. His lightning throws 
from deep right to the plate nailed the attempts of the 
fleet footed Couch and Clutia to steal home from second 
base. 

The work of Arizona Dick in centre and Bob Elliot (pilosity 
now 23) in left called forth vociferous applause. Their hair- 
raising catches of hits that looked good for home runs in the 
early part of the game, discouraged all further attempts in 
their direction. The playing of Crary at second and Alec 
Rosa at short was marvellous. Nothing got by them and 
the double plays they made in practice between the innings 
brought the fans to their feet. Tyler was invincible at first, 
bagging everything that looked like coming his way, including 
wild throws within a radius of forty feet. He looked familiar 
on the first sack and reminded us of the old days whenever 
he came to bat. 

On third. Bob Fletcher, Captain of the nine, took us back 
to the spring of 1897 with all of his old time alert graceful- 
ness. Although the murky haze of a Pittsburgh atmosphere 
showed its effects, Bob put up a stiff game and ran the team 
well. The battery, "Erny" Morse and "Commodore" Blake, 
limbered up considerably before going into action, and kept 
getting "limberer" as the innings passed. Morse played 
an exceptionally fine game, allowing no passed balls and 
nailing men at second in a way that astonished even his 
most ardent admirers. His back stop work easily placed 
him in the class with Doctor Daniel Sullivan of Calgary, 
Canada. 

At the bat, '97 's hits were placed and timed with rare 
judgment, in every case advancing a runner. Several neat 
sacrifice hits were made and Bob placed a nice bunt down 
the third base foul line. Rosa and Arizona Dick worked 
the squeeze play to perfection in the fourth and Downey 
made a pretty double steal in the last. Rushmore was 
easily found at the " crucical " moments. Nineteen-one fought 
hard to the finish and the game was not "over" until the 
last man was out. 



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NINETY-SEVEN— NINETEEN-ONE. 



Following is the official score: 



1897. 


ab. 


b. 


po. 


a 


e 


1901. 


ab. 


b. 


po. 


a 


e 


Elliot, 1, 


3 


1 


1 








Couch, c, 


3 





8 


3 





Rosa, s, 


3 


2 


1 





1 


Moore, s. 


3 


1 


1 





1 


Tyler, 1, 


3 


1 


2 








Rush're p. 


3 





1 


1 





Crary, 2, 


2 





2 


1 





Clutia, 3, 


2 








1 


1 


Fletcher, 3, 


2 





1 


1 


2 


Adams, r. 


2 














Morse, c, 


2 


1 


6 





2 


Glad'in, 1,. 


2 





5 








Do'ney, r, 


2 





1 








Cha'bers, 1 


2 














La'son, m. 


2 


1 


1 








Bates, 2, 


2 


1 








1 


Blake, p, 


1 











1 


Parry, m. 


2 














Total, 


20 

1897, 
1901, 


6 


15 


2 


6 


Total, 


1 


21 

2 



2 

2- 
1- 


15 

-4 

-2 


5 


3 



Runs, Crary, Morse, Lamson, Blake, Gladwin, Bates. Total bases* 
1897, 7; 1901, 2. Stolen bases, Elliot, Tyler, Bates. Two-base hit* 
Lamson. First base on balls, by Rushmore, Crary, Blake. Left on 
bases, 1897, 4; 1901, 4. Struck out, by Blake 6, by Rushmore 7. 
Passed balls, Couch 2. Time Ih 10m. Umpire, Sullivan, '92. 

After the game, "Pa" Richmond, noted for the payment 
of the largest fine ever imposed on Cape Cod for auto speeding 
when acting as chauffeur on the Ex-Governor's auto, pre- 
sented Downey, Lamson and Elliot each with a pair of 
Douglas shoes, and Johnny Maxwell gave Morse a reinforced 
Atlas cement concrete chest protector. Gus Rowland, not 
to be outdone, handed Alec Rosa a five years' subscription 
to the ''Outlook," and Allen Wilde promised Crary and 
Fletcher vellum copies bound in cloth of gold of "How to 
be Happy though Married." 

"Big Ty's" clever work at first was rewarded by Jack 
Carnell in the form of a bas relief of Jack Abbot, rampant, 
on a green field, mounted in a gridiron frame. 

The efficient work of George Bird, as manager of the team, 
in arranging for the game and having balls, bats, mits, gloves, 
masks and chest protectors on the field ahead of time, was 
appreciated by the entire class, and especially by the peer- 
less Josh, who presented him with a large reproduction in 
oil of the '97 relay team. 

E. M. Blake. 




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NOTES ON THE GAME. 

A game of more than usual interest was that played on 
Pratt Field last June for the Alumni Championship. The 
game was won by the Class of '97, that Class which has 
furnished Boston with Wilde, the Boylston St. Publisher; 
Frisbee, the bridge builder (he built the "Bridge of Size"); 
Lane, THE attorney; Conant, the original John F. Fitz- 
gerald man; Donham and many others, among whom is 
Blake, the hero of the Baseball Battle Royal. 

While a brilliant career has always been predicted for 
the Commodore in baseball, if he could only be prevented 
from organizing water companies, yet his wonderful skill 
in twisting the sphere was never so fully appreciated before. 
He showed a masterful control of his parabolas; and the 
Class of '01 were completely phased by his "Campus Dreams 
Drop," his "Smith College Two-step Up-shoot" and his 
"Triennial March Rapiditoodelum Sizzler. " 

The batters faded away before his curves like Sophs at a 
Derwall quiz; and all the time the loyal rooters kept singing: 

"He walked right up and fanned the air 
And walked right back again." 

At the bat too, he was a most important factor. One ball 
that he hit was seen rolling into Northampton two hours 
afterwards. 'Josh Billings saw it, called it a highball and 
it disappeared. Blake's previous biological interest mani- 
fested itself once during the game. A fly was going out to 
Arizona Ike in center field when Blake coached, "Get under 
that Archeopteryx, Dick. " It may be added that the Del- 
sartean pose Lamson struck as the sphere landed in his mit 
would have been impossible to any but Annie Held and 
Dare-devil Dick of the Alkali. 

At the close of the game the Commodore was surrounded 
by an enthusiastic throng, perched on their shoulders and 
carried off the field by Melvin Graves and E. D. Marsh. 

"Jim the Penman." 

Air — "He walked Right In." 

They walked right up and fanned the air. 

And walked right back again-^ 
They found old Ninety-Seven there 

With all the goods — and then 



28 NINETY-SEVEN— NINETEEN-ONE. 

They couldn't even get to first 

Much less to third to quench their thirst. 
So they walked right up and fanned the air, 

And walked right back again. 

Am—" The High Ball Song/' 

Drink a high ball at night fall 
To the Class of Ninety-Seven — 
She's the pride and joy of Amherst, 
She's the finest under Heaven. 
Shout the glories of good stories, 
When the heart's brim full of fun; 
Let Ninety-Seven be merry. 
Here's health to everyone. 

— {Rowland, K. Van S.) 





The Trophy Cup 



THE TROPHY CUP. 29 



THE TROPHY CUR 

Of course '97 won the Reunion Trophy Cup. With eighty- 
three men back we scored sixty-eight per cent, of our regis- 
tration and no class among the also-rans footed as high as 
sixty. Not that we turned out in force for the particular 
purpose of carrying off the prize. Oh! no. We came back 
because we wanted to. Not one single dollar was spent by 
the committee in railroad fares to get the counters to Amherst. 
The contest was a fair one and the victory was to the Class 
which showed the highest percentage of spontaneous loyalty. 
To be sure the Committee did some quiet work to fan an 
occasional slumbering ember into flame, but the fan was 
not gilded, only adorned with the pearls of epistolary oratory 
that drop so fluently from the pen of a Keep or a Carnell. 
And the boys turned out. The College thanks them; the 
Class thanks them; and more intimately the Committee 
thanks them. For what were all our strivings for a successful 
Decennial worth had the men failed to materialize and 
enjoy the fruits thereof? 

What is the meaning and what the purpose of the Trophy 
Cup? From ancient times to the days of Col. Bogey, the 
chalice has stood with the laurel wreath as the symbol of 
victory, even as it stands as that of hospitality. To the 
victor belong the spoils. Yes. And chief among the privi- 
leges of the conquerors is that of generously entertaining 
the conquered. To us then this cup which we have won 
stands as the symbol of our duty to the Alumni of Amherst 
College. Wherever you meet one of these, under whatever 
circumstances, remember you hold the cup of hospitality in 
trust. Let him drink freely of it. You are doing it for 
your soul's good and the good of our grand old Alma Mater. 

'Ninety-Seven is an inherently modest Class. We have 
not shouted our many excellencies from the housetops nor 
exploited them in ribald song or bibulous orgy. We are a quiet 
and docile crowd in the eyes of the law. But like many of 
the humbler of God's creatures nous arrivons tovt le mime. 

Few of us have made many millions since leaving college, 
but we have had an annual dinner each of the mid-winter 
seasons that have passed over our heads and are going to 



30 THE TROPHY CUP. 

have others regularly every year till there are only two 
members of the Class left above ground. The best part of 
these dinners is that they grow more interesting every time 
and will always do so. At first we were a bit overwhelmed 
by our early buffetings in the great cold world. It was 
most unlike college life. After ten years we have found 
ourselves. Every man has something to talk of; some deeds 
accomplished; more in definite prospect; an increasing progeny; 
all the many questions to be intimately discussed between 
friend and friend. For the first few dinners we met as stran- 
gers, wondering if the larger life had changed the other boys 
as much as it had altered us. Now we know that with all 
the changes life can bring about, it can't blot out the college 
boy in every one of us. And on that basis we will meet in New 
York this year and sit down with the first man who comes 
along as if we had lunched with him the very same day. 
Tradition and historical interest cement the bonds more 
closely than could constant playing in each other's back 
yards. And the dinners and reunions are going right on 
improving. Boys. So turn out to them and show your 
interest and get the fun. 

For one year we hold the Trophy Cup. The contest is on 
once more. It is up to us to see that the "Class of '97" 
adorns its silver cheek again and many times again. 




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SONGS. 

Air — "Lord Geoffrey Amherst." 

It was in the autumn of Ninety-Three, that we came into 

Town, 
And we brought to the purple and the white a great renown, 
For we added to the glory of the college on the hill. 
And our fame is among them still; and our fame is among 

them still. 
You may talk about the Class of Eighty-Four and all the 

rest. 
They have all been loyal, brave and true; 
But for us old Ninety-Seven, she's the dearest and the best, 
Ninety-Seven, we will stand fast by you. 

Chorus: 

Oh! Amherst! Brave Amherst! 'Tis a name known to 

fame since Ninety-Four! 
She will ever be glorious till the class of Ninety-Seven's 

no more! 

Original Decennial Song. E. M. B. 

Which is the class that beats them all a mile? — 

Ninety-Seven! '97! 
Which is the class that's got the dash and style? — 
Ninety-Seven! '97! 

'97, '97, '97, '97, Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! 

For she alone by far surpasses all the other Amherst classes. 
And her fame is everlasting, as the stars up in the sky; 
And we will sing her praise forever, for the years can 

never sever 
Ties of Ninety-Seven friendship; they will bind us till we die. 

'97, '97, '97, '97, Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah!— 
So we will sing to Ninety-Seven, fairest class in fairest 

college; 
And no other loyalty or devotion will acknowledge; 
And we'll be true to Ninety-Seven, and our homage we 

will pay 
To the class that wins the trophy on its tenth Reunion Day. 



32 SONGS. 

Air — ^' Tramp, Tramp, Tramp." 

Come and listen to the lay, of our tenth Reunion Day, 
When we win the trophy cup in "naughty seven;" 
Don't you hear the campus ring, as we all join in and sing? 
They will know we are the class of Ninety-Seven. 

Chorus: 

Rah! Rah! Rah! for Ninety-Seven! Ninety-Seven wins 

the prize! 
We are here to paint the town, and we'll surely win renown. 

For the trophy cup is just about our size! 

Am — "Heidelberg," from "The Prince of Pilsen." 

Here's to the town we love so well, down by the Freshman 

stream ; 
Here's to the haze of our college days in the land of the 

campus dream; 
Here's to the class of Ninety-Seven, long may I call her 

"Mine;" 
Rise, boys, and sing to our own, our pride; never was class 

so fine. 

Chorus: 

Oh! Ninety-Seven! Dear Ninety-Seven! We rise to honor 

thee! 
Long may we live our praise to give, in cheer and song to 

thee. 
Thine is the class that none surpass! thy glory will not fade! 
Oh! Ninety-Seven! Dear Ninety-Seven! our pride in thee 

is stayed. 
Oh! Ninety-Seven! Dear Ninety-Seven! we rise to honor 

thee. 

Am — "Nobody Knows the Answer." 

Oh! Why did Old Doc tell us things we never knew before? 
Why did he lecture Freshman year on moral themes galore? 
And why put on that old red fez when dumb bells flew about? 
And slap his book so very hard when we began to shout? 

Chorus: 

Nobody knows the answer — 

Nobody ever will — 

We did the very same things each day — 

Raising — well — in the same old way — 



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Nobody knew the reason 
Why it was a sham — 
But Gym, you know, 
Was a minstrel show — 
And nobody gave a dam. 

Air — "Meet me at St. Louis, Louis." 

Meet me with old Ninety-Seven 

Up in Amherst Town — 

I'll be there to swell the number — 

While we drink her down — 

We will pass the hours together 

And we'll never mind the weather, 

If you will 

Meet me with old Ninety-Seven 

Up in Amherst Town. 



34 ROLL OF THE CLASS. 



ROLL OF THE CLASS. 

Church of the Transfiguration, Brooklyn. 

BACKUS. 

Alexander Hamilton Backus was born Sept. 20, 1876, at 
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He is the son of Principal 
Truman J. Backus of Packer Institute and Sarah Christina 
Glass Backus. His early education was received at Cook's 
Academy, Poughkeepsie, the Crawford School, Quaker School, 
and Polytechnic, Brooklyn, 

He took part in the '94 and '96 Senior Dramatics, was on 
the Kellogg Five, Sophomore year, the Hardy Sixteen and the 
Hyde Six, Senior year. He was graduated with the degree 
of B. A. He was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity. 

For the first year out of college he was a reporter on the 
New York Tribune. The next four years he spent in theo- 
logical study at the Cambridge School with the exception of 
the year '01, when he studied in the University of Rome, 
Italy. He received the degree of B. D. from Cambridge in 
'02 and an M. A. from Amherst the same year. 

After leaving the Theological School he was curate of St. 
John's Church, Orient Heights, East Boston, for one year. 
The following three years he was vicar of the Church of St. 
Mary, Chihuahua, Mexico, spending one winter in study 
and travel in Italy and Spain. Since that time he has been 
vicar of the Church of the Transfiguration, Brooklyn. 

In spite of his busy city life the tropical spirit of maiiana 
has left its lasting scar and in a recent note he says: "I have 
lived in Mexico long enough to make this New York hurry 
seem unnatural. Much of the time I feel hunted." 

Providence Sunday Journal, Providence. 
BALL. 

Walter Savage Ball was born at Windsor, Vt., the first 
day of October, 1875. His father was the Rev. Dr. Albert 
H. Ball, and his mother was Helen May Savage. His early 
education was received at the public schools in Elgin, 111., 
and at the Elgin High School. He prepared for college at 
the Mt. Hermon School in Northfield. 



ROLL OF THE CLASS. 35 

He is a member of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity. He was 
on the Kellogg Fifteen first year, the Student Board second, 
third and fourth years, the Oho Board third year and the Lit 
Board fourth year. At graduation he received the degree of 
B. S. 

Since leaving college he has been constantly employed 
in newspaper work. First he was with the Springfield Repub- 
lican for a year, and then for four years City and Managing 
Editor of the North Adams Transcript. In 1902 he accepted 
a position as Assistant Sunday Editor of the Providence 
Journal. 

Hudson, N. H. 
BALLOU. 

William J. Ballou was born on the 18th of June, 1871, at 
Wallingford, Vt. His father was William Sabin Ballou, a 
merchant, and his mother was Esther Hulett Andrews Ballou. 
He lived in Wallingford and Cheyenne, Wyoming, up to the 
time of entering college. He attended the public schools at 
these places until 1889 and fitted for Amherst at the Vermont 
Academy. 

He completed the first year at Amherst College with our 
class, going from there to Brown University, where he 
received the degree of A, B. in 1897. He was a member of 
the Delta Upsilon Fraternity, and was the Class Senator 
from '97, the last year of the old Senate's existence. 
After graduation he attended the Hartford Theological 
Seminary where in 1900 he was graduated with the degree 
of B. D. 

Since 1900 he has taught in the Tougaloo University at 
Tougaloo, Miss., where he has been instructor in Mathematics, 
Political and Social Science, Psychology and Ethics. The 
summer of 1904 he spent in European travel. In 1905 he 
went to Litchfield, N. H., to preach, and in 1906, was ordained 
by the Presbytery of Boston. 

On June 16th, 1904, he was married at West Cornwall, 
Vt., to Miss Anna Mary Bingham. They have one son, 
William Seth Ballou, born April 29, 1905. 

Ballou writes, "I don't see the boys very often, but I did 
run across Man well at the meeting of the American Missionary 
Association in Worcester, last fall. The Committee on 
Entertainment there promptly assigned him quarters with 
the Superintendent of the Insane Hospital. But I went 
around to see that he got out all right." 



36 ROLL OF THE CLASS. 

9 Chestnut Sq., Jamaica Plain. 
BARKER. 

Herbert Austin Barker was born at Three Rivers, Mass., 
on the 8th day of November, 1872. He is the son of Frankhn 
Barker, stone mason, and Ai-ville S. M'CHntock Barker. 
He made his home at Three Rivers through his early hfe, 
attending the pubUc schools of that town and the Palmer 
High School. 

He entered college with the class of '96, with which class 
he was associated for three years. At the beginning of his 
third year he underwent an attack of typhoid fever, which 
prevented him from continuing his studies for one year. 
He joined '97 at the beginning of our Junior year, graduating 
with the degree of B. A. During his first two years he was 
a member of the football squad, playing on the second eleven. 
He joined the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity and was a member 
of Phi Beta Kappa. His degree at graduation was that 
of B. A. 

He entered Hartford Theological Seminary after leaving 
college from which he was graduated in '01 with the degree 
of B. D. He received the appointment as assistant pastor 
of the Hartford Fourth Congregational Church of Hartford, 
which position he held until '03, when he was called to the 
pastorate of the Boylston Congregational Church, in Jamaica 
Plain. 

He was married on July 15th, 1903, at Saco, Maine, to 
Miss Louise White and has one son, Herbert Franklin, born 
Jan. 18, 1906. 

115 Broadway, New York. 
BILLINGS. 

Richard Billings was born at Woodstock, Vt., January 
31st, 1875. He is the son of Frederick Billings, lawyer and 
railroad builder, and Julia Parmly Billings. He made his 
home in Woodstock until after graduation from college. 
He attended the Comstock and the Berkeley Schools in New 
York and fitted for college at the Hill School, Pottstown, 
Penn. 

He was on the Kellogg Fifteen both first and second year 
and made the Five, Sophomore year, from which he resigned, 
however. He was a member of the 'Varsity Relay Team 
third and fourth years and was on the Track Team all four 
years, and the Class Cider Team second year. He was 
assistant manager of the football team third year and manager 



ROLL OF THE CLASS. 37 

Senior year. He was also president of the triangular league 
third, and secretary of the N. E. I. F. B. A., fourth year. 
He was elected Class President Sophomore year, a position 
which he filled with honor until graduation. He was a 
member of the D. K. E. Fraternity. His degree at graduation 
was that of B. S. 

From '97 to '03 he occupied a position modestly designated 
by himself as "Clerk" in the Northern Pacific R. R. office 
at St. Paul. His occupation since that time is best described 
as Capitalist. He is Executor and Trustee of the estate of 
F. B. Merrill, Director and Trustee of Washington Life Ins. 
Co., Director and Vice-president of the Minnesota and Mon- 
tana Land and Improvement Co., and Director of the Tacoma 
Land and Improvement Co. 

He married Miss May Merrill at Woodstock, May 25, 
1898. 

He has published in the Wall Street Journal a set of " Bond 
Tables for Valuation of Wabash and Pittsburg Second Mort- 
gage Bonds" which marks an epoch in research of that nature. 
To the world at large he is best known as the discoverer, 
in 1905, of the most accurate formula for the direct deter- 
mination of interest yielded by annuities, a problem of over 
two centuries standing and which has engaged the attention 
of such mathematicians as Newton, Bailey, DeMorgan, 
Halley and "Lewis Carroll." 

From the New York Tribune: 

COMPUTATION OF BOND VALUES. 

Richard Billings, a recognized authority on formulse for computing 
bond values, says: 

So many of my friends on the Street have asked me to give 
them a simple formula for computing bond values on 7 and 8 per cent, 
bases, that I take the liberty of submitting a formula which may be 
used in connection with the old editions of Montgomery Rollins' bond 
tables. 

"To compute the premium or discount on a bond bearing a nom- 
inal interest other than 10 per cent., turn to the back of the book where 
values of 10 per cent, bonds are given at various bases, select a premium 
on a 10 per cent, bond for the given time, and on the desired basis. 
Multiply this premium by the difference between the nominal interest 
of the bond and the interest which it is desired the bond shall pay. 
Then dividing this product by the difference between 10 per cent, 
and the interest it is desired the bond shall pay,, the resulting figure 
will be the premium or discount required. A premium, if the nominal 
interest of the bond exceeds the given interest, and vice versa." 



38 ROLL OF THE CLASS. 

Norwood, 
BIRD. 

George Kurtz Bird was born at Norwood, Mass., on the 
21st day of April, 1876. His father was George Kurtz Bird, 
a merchant, and his mother was Harriet Alona ElHs Bird. 
His early life was spent in Dedham, Boston and Norwood. 
His education was received in the Primary, Grammar and 
High Schools in Dedham and Boston. 

At college he was a member of the D. K. E. Fraternity 
and Phi Beta Kappa Society. His fourth year he was a 
member of the committee on committees and of the Hardy 
sixteen. 

"When graduating from Alma Mater I started work in a 
mercantile house rather than take up a profession. I was 
fortunate enough through the influence of Mr. George Plimpton 
of New York, to get occupation with the Plimpton Press of 
Norwood and Boston, and began my work with them in 
October '97, and have been with them ever since. " 

In 1904 George was commissioned by the Plimpton Press 
to make important business contracts for that organization 
in Northern Holland, which work took him abroad for three 
or four months. For the past year he has been the Company's 
agent in New York. But his real renown was won last 
June, when as Manager of the victorious '97 Ball Nine, laurel- 
crowned, he led forth from battle-scarred Pratt Field, his 
triumphant myrmidons. 

Brimfield. 
BISSELL. 

William Foster Bissell was born at Marlboro, Conn., Dec. 
23rd, 1872. He is the son of Oscar Bissell, a Congregational 
clergyman, and Augusta Ward Bissell. His early life was 
spent in Marlboro, Westford, Conn., and Holland, Mass., 
where he was educated at the primary schools, fitting for 
college at Monson Academy. 

At college he was on the Class Cider Team for two years, 
winning points each year in the pole-vault and the last year 
in the running high jump. He also won points in the pole- 
vault each year in the Indoor Meet. He took the prize in 
Physics and Astromony, Senior year. He was graduated 
with the degree of B. A. 

After leaving college he spent two years at the Hartford 
Theological Seminary, receiving the degree of B. D., in May 
1902. He preached for three years at Warren, Vt., going 



ROLL OF THE CLASS. 39 

from there to Cortez, Colo., for a year. Last summer he again 
occupied the pulpit of the Congregational Church at Warren, 
Vt. He is at present at home in Brimfield. 

TWINSBURG, O. 

BLACKMER. 

Walter Raymond Blackmer was born at Belchertown, 
Mass., on the 28th of October, 1875. He is the son of Alanson 
L. Blackmer, farmer and paper dealer, and Mary Amanda 
Sadler Blackmer. His education was received at the primary 
schools of Belchertown and the Amherst High School. 

He received the degree of B. A. from Amherst and spent 
the following three years at Hartford Theological Seminary. 

After graduating from the seminary with the degree of 
B. D. he was installed as Assistant Pastor and Sunday School 
Superintendent of the First Congregational Church in Marietta, 
Ohio. In 1905 he was appointed pastor of the First Con- 
gregational Church at Twinsburg, Ohio. 

On June 28th, 1900, he married Miss Nellie Louise Rice 
of Windsor, Conn. 

8 Beacon St., Boston. 
BLAKE. 

Edmund Mortimer Blake was born at Taunton, Mass., 
on the 13th of August, 1874. His father, Percy Mortimer 
Blake, is a well-known expert civil engineer of Boston. 
His mother was Phoebe Eliza Sheffield Blake. His early 
education was received at the Hyde Park primary, grammar 
and high schools. At Amherst he was a member of Alpha 
Delta Phi and the Phi Beta Kappa Society. He was on the 
Kellogg Fifteen and was platoon captain in his first two 
years and Gym. captain third and fourth year. 

The fourth year he was a member of the Varsity Base 
Ball team and was on the Hyde Fifteen, the Hardy six and 
the Commencement Stage. He received the degree of B. S. 

After leaving college he attended the Lawrence Scientific 
School, graduating with the class of '99 and receiving the 
degree B. S. in Civil Engineering. In 1899 he was in charge 
of the Harvard Scientific School in Civil Engineering at 
Martha's Vineyard. He then spent a year with the Eastern 
Bridge Construction Co., of Worcester and the following 
two years in work on the New York Subway construction. 
Until 1906 he was associated with his father in his Civil 
Engineering office. In 1905 he received a commission from 



40 ROLL OF THE CLASS. 

the United States Government for the Special Investigation 
of Drainage in Italy. He opened a branch office for the 
practice of Civil Engineering in Boston, Jan. 1, 1906. He is 
associated with the Pitometer Co., of New York and Chicago, 
for the installing and operation of the Pitometer in New 
England. Puzzle: What's a Pitometer? 

He is president of the Westford Water Co., of Westford, 
Mass. He is consulting engineer of the Hampton Water 
Works Co., of Hampton, N. H. Pie is a member of the 
Boston Society of Civil Engineers, National Geographic 
Society, the New England Water Works Association, the 
American Water Works Association, and is on the Bulletin and 
Excursion Committee of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers. 

Besides his well known waltzes and two-steps he has 
published various descriptions of Engineering works and 
instruments in the Kansas City Journal, Colorado Springs 
Gazette, Engineering Record and the Journal of the New 
England Water Works Association. 

On October 1st, 1902 he was married at Cleveland, Ohio, 
to Miss Clara Ellen Drake of that city, who died Dec. 11, 1907. 

Room A, Broad St. Station, Philadelphia. 
BLAKESLEE. 

Walter Herbert Blakeslee was born at Coatesville, Penn., 
on the 17th of August, 1871. He is the son of William 
Riley Blakeslee, a physician, and Rachel Swayne Baker 
Blakeslee. His early education was received at the primary 
and high schools, Yeates Institute, Lancaster, Penn., and 
Philips Exeter Academy. 

At Amherst he was a member of the Beta Theta Pi Fra- 
ternity. He was graduated with the degree of A. B. 

He studied at the University of Pennsylvania Medical 
School for one year, going from there to the Johns Hopkins 
Medical School from which he was graduated with the degree 
of M. D., in 1901. He then spent a year in hospital work 
in New York City. 

Since 1902 he has been assistant medical examiner at the 
Relief Department of the Pennsylvania Railroad with offices 
at the Broad St. Station. 

U. S. Geological Survey, Washington. 

BOUTWELL. 

John Mason Boutwell was born at St. Louis, Mo., May 1st, 
1874. He is the son of Henry Thatcher Boutwell, physician 



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and surgeon, and Helen Grace Willis Boutwell. His early- 
life was spent at Manchester, N. H., where he prepared for 
college at the high school and later at Phillips Andover. 

He entered Amherst with our class and was a member of 
the Delta Upsilon Fraternity. After Freshman year he 
left college to enter the Sophomore class at Harvard, from 
which institution he was graduated in '97 with the degree 
of A. B. The following year he took his B. S. at the Lawrence 
Scientific School and added an M. S. in 1899. 

He says, "Your blank has gone astray but I will make a 
try at some of the history which I think you want, for I 
always want to be numbered among that rare old Class 
of Amherst '97. Since 1900 I have been employed as Geolo- 
gist on the U. S. Geological Survey and have published 
about a dozen papers on Economic Geology, among which 
is one entitled "Economic Geology of the Bingham Canyon 
Mining District," and another now in press on "The Analytic 
and Economic Geology of the Park City Mining District 
of Utah." I have charge of the Government work on the 
resources of lead, zinc, and quicksilver in the United States. 
I have reports on the productions of each in 1906 now in 
press. 

"This year I have leave of absence to make a report on 
a detailed survey of the mining geology of the great Cananea 
Consolidated Copper Co. of Sonora, Mexico. 

"I am a member of the Geological Society of America, 
the American Institute of Mining Engineers, the Geological 
and the Engineering Societies of Washington, the National 
Geographic Society and the National Society of Fine Arts, 
I have been most deeply interested in Sunday School work, 
having taught and last year been Chairman of the Executive 
Committee of All Souls' Sunday School in Washington. I 
am not married but am wedded to my intensely interesting 
work of applying geology to practical ends in mining." 

University of Chicago. 
BOYNTON. 

Percy Holmes Boynton was born at Newark, N. J., October 
30, 1875. His father was the Rev. George M. Boynton, 
retired, and his mother was Julia Hoyt Holmes Boynton. 
He received his early education in the Boston primary schools, 
the Roxbury Latin and the Newton High School. 

He was a member of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity, treasurer 
of the College Lecture Course Association, and a member 
of the Lit Board of which he was the chairman during his 



42 ROLL OF THE CLASS. 

fourth year. At Commencement he was Ivy Poet, on the 
Hardy Six from which he resigned, and the Hyde Six. After 
graduation he studied for two years at Harvard where he 
received the degree of A. M. in Enghsh in 1898. 

From there he went to St. Louis where he was a teacher 
of Enghsh in Smith Academy for four years. He was then 
appointed reader in Enghsh at the University of Chicago, 
associate in Enghsh and instructor in 1905, and has 
been Secretary of Instruction at the Chautauqua Institute 
since college days, and extension lecturer in literature since 
1905. 

He has published "a, few magazine articles in obscure 
periodicals." He modestly fails to record his poetical 
flights which have appeared from time to time in the 
Class publications and won him renown as a wooer of the 
Muse. 

He was married on October 11th, in St. Louis to Miss 
Lois Damon of that city. They have one son, Holmes 
Boynton, born August 15th, 1906. 

1 Union Sq., New York. 
BRADLEY. 

George Gulick Bradley was born in New York City on 
August 25th, 1873. He was the son of Edwin G. Bradley, 
dealer in building materials, and Mariana G. Bradley. His 
early education was received at the Montclair Military 
Academy. He was on the Kellogg fifteen first year and the 
Kellogg five the second. He was Vice Gym. Captain, first 
and second j^ear. He was a member of the Chi Psi Frater- 
nity. He left college at the close of Sophomore year and 
went to the Columbia Law School. 

He was graduated from the Law School with the degree 
of B. D. and in '97 passed his bar examinations for New 
York and New Jersey. The same year he spent in the con- 
stant practice of his profession. Since that time he has 
been engaged in business as Secretary of the Pan-American 
Rubber Co., Secretary of the White Realty Co., President 
of the Fulton Chambers Realty Co. and President of the 
Business Opportunity Co. He is Treasurer of the Chi Psi 
Club of New York. He has published a book of short stories, 
entitled " Twenty Minute Tales. " 

He was married at Montclair, N. J., on March 15th, 1898, 
to Miss Anne Eastwood Abbott. They have one daughter, 
Katrina Gulick Bradley, born May 19th, 1905. 



ROLL OF THE CLASS. 43 

Webster. 
BRAGG. 

Leslie Raymond Bragg was born at West Medway on the 
17th day of May, 1873. His father was the Rev. Samuel 
Atherton Bragg and his mother, Sarah Jane Hartshorn 
Bragg. His early life was spent in HoUiston, South Deer- 
field, New Salem, North Dana, Chester, Williamsburg, Am- 
herst and Belchertown, at which places he attended the 
public schools, fitting for college at the Amherst High School. 

Of his college life Bragg says, "Critical examination of 
the short and simple annals fails to reveal any records, 
police or otherwise, that are worthy of preservation in the 
Royal Archives save that the degree B. S. was received in 
1897." 

After graduation he studied for four years at the Harvard 
Medical School, receiving the degree of M. D. cum laude in 
1901. He then settled in Webster, opening a branch office 
in Dudley, which latter office was given up after one year, 
and has been engaged in a steadily growing general practice 
in Webster since. He is the Medical Examiner for the 
Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York, Provident Life & 
Trust Co. of Philadelphia, Columbian National Insurance 
Co., and the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., of New York. 

43 Highland St., Brockton. 
BURNETTS. 

John Everett Burnette was born at Colchester, Conn., on 
the 24th of November, 1873. His father was Francis Ells- 
worth Burnette, publisher, and his mother Mary Agnes 
Hascoll Burnette. His early education was received at the 
public schools of Colchester, including his preparation for 
college at the high school. 

He is a member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. He 
left Amherst at the close of freshman year and entered the 
medical department of Michigan University, from which 
he was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1899. 

Since then he has been engaged in the practice of medicine 
and surgery at Brockton. 

On July 26th, 1904, he was married at Brockton to Miss 
Emma Phillips. 

A letter from Burnette's aunt in Putnam, Conn., states 
that he has been among the unfortunate as regards health, 
illness having interfered to a considerable extent with his 
life work. 



44 ROLL OF THE CLASS. 

Rutland, Vt. 
BURNHAM. 

Frederick Humphrey Burnham was born in Rutland, Vt., 
July 28th, 1876. His father was Samuel E. Burnham, 
engaged in the insurance business, and his mother was Wetta 
Groneiveg Burnham. His early education was received at 
the Rutland graded schools and he fitted for college at the 
Buss & Burton Seminary, Manchester, N. H. 

At college he was a member of the Olio and Student Boards, 
Chairman of the Class Statistics Committee and was in the 
Senior Dramatics cast. He was a member of the D. K. E. 
Fraternity and was graduated with the degree of B. A. 

Since graduation he has been engaged in the insurance 
business in Rutland. 

On October 4th, 1905, he was married at Rutland to Miss 
Helen Cleaver. Thev have one son, Francis Richard, born 
March 14th, 1907. 

Box 661, Crete, Neb. 
BURRAGE. 

Dwight Grafton Burrage was born at Pittsford, Vt., the 
31st of August, 1873. He is the son of Joseph Burrage, 
wholesale boot and shoe dealer, and Mary Eliza Closson 
Burrage. He lived at Pittsford, Vt., until 1884, after which 
time he made his home in Worcester. His early education 
was received at the primary schools of Pittsford. He fitted 
for college at the Worcester High School. 

He is a member of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity and the 
Phi Beta Kappa Society. He took the two Freshman Latin 
prizes, the first Thompson Latin Prize, the first Billings Latin 
Prize and the second Bertram Latin Prize. He was on the Olio 
Board third year and was one of the Commencement speakers. 

After leaving college he spent one year teaching Greek in 
the Amherst High School, at the end of that time receiving the 
degree of M. A. in Greek from Amherst. He then accepted 
the principalship of the Conant High School, Jaffrey, N. H., 
which he held for three years, going from there to Peacham 
Academy, Peacham, Vt. Since 1906 he has been instructor 
in Greek and Latin in Doane College, Crete, Neb. 

38 Thatcher St., Medford. 
BUTLER. 

George Manley Butler was born at Hyde Park on the 26th 
day of January, 1870. He was the son of George Henry 



ROLL OF THE CLASS. 45 

Butler, wholesale merchant, and Harriet Parker Winn Butler. 
He studied at the Hyde Park grammar and high schools. After 
graduating from the latter in 1887 he entered business with 
the Thompson-Houston Electric Co. and General Electric Co. 
of Boston, with which companies he was associated until 1893. 

He is a member of the Alpha Deta Phi Fraternity and the 
"Flat Brass Key Society." He was on the Hyde Fifteen 
and the editor of the Literary Monthly. His fourth year he 
took the Kent Prize in English Literature and was a mem- 
ber of the committee on committees. 

After graduation he studied for three years at the Yale 
Divinity School, taking the degree of B. D. in 1900. He 
secured the Susan B. Dwight scholarship of $500 for one year's 
foreign study, which he took at Oxford and the University 
of Berlin making special researches in theology, history and 
ethics. In 1901 he was appointed assistant pastor of the 
Trinitarian Congregational Church at New Bedford, from 
which he was called in 1904 to the pastorate of the Mystic 
Congregational Church at Medford, Mass. 

On Sept. 6th, 1904, he married at Winchester, Miss Emily 
Soldan Ladd. They have two children, George Manley, Jr., 
born June 10th, 1905, and Elizabeth, born April 4th, 1907. 

George's fitness for the priesthood cannot be more adequately 
exemplified than by the following quotation from his installa- 
tion sermon at New Bedford in 1901 : 

" The very science of religion — and I take it there is such a science — 
assumes that reUgion and religious ideas can be taken out of the domain 
of feeling or practical experience, and be made objects of scientific 
reflection. And although we cannot measure the limits of the matter 
nor will we dare to set bounds so closely as men used to do, yet religion 
to-day, as ever, demands its forms of expression just as other sections 
of our content in consciousness do. So it is on this basis, I take it, 
that the relation which exists between the speaker and his hearers 
to-day, is made possible. " * * * * 

"It scarcely need be said by a recent graduate of a theological 
school, that I am in fullest sympathy with the so-called ''new theology". 
Glad in the conviction that God ever speaks to man and is a constant 
Self Revealer to him, I feel that the realization of this in thought and 
endeavor is and is to be, the most splendid achievement of our time." 

HOPEDALE. 

CAMPBELL. 

Kleber Alexander Campbell was born at West Rutland, 
Vt., on the 26th day of December, 1873. He is the son of 
Charles H. Campbell, an undertaker, and Alta Ensign Camp- 



46 ROLL OF THE CLASS. 

bell. His early life was spent at West Rutland, where he 
attended the public and grammar schools. He was fitted 
for college at the Rutland High School. 

He is a member of the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. He 
was graduated with the degree of B. S. 

He then entered the Albany Medical College where he 
received the degree of M. D. in 1900. Since that time he 
has been engaged in the practice of medicine at Hopedale. 
He has a staff appointment as attending physician at the 
Milford Hospital. 

He was married August 10th, 1900, at Wemple, N. Y., to 
Miss Mary Brewster Safford. They have one son, Kleber 
Alexander, Jr., born October 18th, 1902. 

469 State St., Albany. 
CARNELL. 

John Richard Carnell, Jr., was born at Troy, N. Y., Nov. 
26th, 1872. He is the son of J. R. Carnell, Principal of the 
Albany Business College and O'Linda Hitchcock Carnell. His 
early years were spent in Troy, Londonville and Albany, N. Y. 
At the latter place he attended the Albany Boys' Academy 
and the Albany High School where he fitted for Amherst. 

He is a member of the Chi Psi Fraternity. 

He made the Kellogg Fifteen first and second year, and 
the Five Sophomore year. He was a member of the Junior 
and Senior Promenade Committee, the Cotillon Club, Vice- 
president of the Republican Club, President of the Sound 
Money Club, Class Toast-Master, Chairman of the Class 
Committee on Dramatics and a member of the Senior Dra- 
matics cast. He was graduated with the degree of B. S. 

''I am not very long on interesting data about myself, 
so have decided to be truthful. Make me out as quiet and 
retiring in my disposition as possible and remember not my 
many faults. I am still humming some of the reunion 
refrains — especially 'Nobody knows the answer,' which is 
really my best reply to some of your friendly inquiries con- 
cerning your friend, Mr. Gibson." 

Since leaving college Jack has been associated continuously 
with the Albany Business College with the exception of an 
occasional trip abroad for rest and recreation. 

He has found time, however, to devote much thought and 
good work to the interests of the Class which he has served 
loyally on its three Reunion Committees. His favorite 
motto is, "Gee Whiz! I'm glad I'm free, No wedding 
bells for me. With all due apologies to the married men!" 



ROLL OF THE CLASS. 47 

1314^ Wallack PI., Washington. 
CHAPIN. 

Robert Macfarlane Chapin was born at North Weymouth, 
on the 5th day of October, 1877. He is the son of the Rev. 
Franklin P. Chapin, a Congregational clergyman, and Mary 
Macfarlane Chapin. His early years were spent in North 
Weymouth, from which he moved to Easton in 1883. He 
attended the primary and high schools at the latter place, 
where he fitted for college. 

He is a member of the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity and 
the Phi Beta Kappa Society. He served on the Olio Board 
during his third year. 

The first year out of college he spent at Amherst in the 
study of Physics and Chemistry, the following year he was 
laboratory assistant in Chemistry. From 1901 to 1903 he 
taught mathematics in the Lakewood School for Boys, Lake- 
wood, New Jersey. He was instructor in Chemistry at Amherst 
until the spring of 1907, when he accepted a position as assistant 
chemist in the Bureau of Animal Industry at Washington. 

He was married June 21st, 1904, at Morristown, New 
Jersey, to Miss Louise Isabelle Milford. They have one 
son, Howard Milford Chapin, born June 19th, 1905. 

Medway, Mass. 
CHASE. 

Loring Bertie Chase was born at Keene, N. H., January 
23rd, 1874. He is the son of Alvin Bolton Chase, house 
painter and paper hanger, and Sarah Burnett Chase. His early 
life was spent at Marlboro, N. H., where he studied at the 
primary schools, fitting for college at the Keene High School. 

He is a member of the Theta Delta Chi Fraternity. He 
was on the Class Cider Team Sophomore year. He took the 
Capen Biblical Literature and the Boynton Term Prizes, 
Junior year. He was graduated with the degree of B. A. 

He then entered the Yale Divinity School, from which 
he was graduated in 1900 with the degree of B. D. 

He was ordained the same year and went to the pastorate 
of the Congregational Church at Rocky Hill, Conn. From 
here he went in 1901 to a similar charge in Lysander, N.Y., 
where he remained until April of the present year (1907) when 
he accepted a call to the Medway Congregational Church. 

He was married at Amherst, June 28, 1900, to Miss Mary 
Adeline Hyde. They have two children, Mary Priscilla, 
born July 6, 1901, and Doris Elizabeth, born March 22, 1903. 



48 ROLL OF THE CLASS. 

20 Medway St., Providence. 
CLAUSON. 

James Earl Clauson was born at Troy, N. Y., August 13, 
1873. He is the son of Walter B. Clauson, merchant, and 
Julia A. Wilson Clauson. His early life was spent at Rutland, 
Vt., where he attended the public schools, graduating from 
the High School with the class of 1892. 

He entered Amherst with our class and was a member of 
the D. K. E. Fraternity. He left at the end of Sophomore 
year to take up newspaper work. 

In 1895 he was reporter on the Albany papers, going from 
there to the Night Editorship of the Rutland Herald. In 
1898 he was on the Reportorial Staff of the Pawtucket Tribune 
and subsequently reporter for the Providence Telegram, the 
Worcester Telegram and the Providence Journal. In 1903 
he was made assistant City Editor of the latter paper, a posi- 
tion which he held for three years. He then assumed the 
duties of editor of the Sunday Journal, which is his present 
Work. 

He was married June 17th, 1903, at Rutland, Vt., to Miss 
Bertha Vivian Stickney. 

If anyone questions Shorty's prosperity let him take a 
squint at the Adonis-like figure at the left in the Decennial 
group. 

21 Shirley St., Worcester. 
COBB. 

Charles Wiggins Cobb was born at Plymouth, Mass., on 
the 17th day of September, 1875. His father was William 
A. Cobb, librarian of the Congregational Library of Boston, 
and Emily W. Wiggins Cobb. His early life was spent at 
Plymouth, Medfield, Uxbridge and Newton Center, where 
he attended the elementary schools, fitting for college at the 
Newton High School. 

He is a member of the Theta Delta Chi Fraternity. Fresh- 
man year he won the Porter Admission Prize and the First 
Year Latin Prize. He was elected Class Secretary first year, 
holding the office until Senior year. He was Chairman of 
the Presentation Committee and was a member of the College 
Choir during his fourth year. He was graduated with the 
degree of A. B. 

The following year he spent at Amherst doing special 
work in Psychology. During the winter of 1904 and '05 
he studied at Columbia and the New York University, pur- 



ROLL OF THE CLASS. 49 

suing a course in the science of education; in 1901 he received 
the degree of M. A. from Amherst, in mathematics. 

His teaching career embraces a year in the Mathematics 
Department at the Albany Academy in '98, in the same 
field at Fitchburg High School from '99 to '04, in the New 
York High School of Commerce for the following year and 
at the Worcester Academy up to 1907. 

This year he is doing special research work in mathematics 
at Clark University. 

During his year at Worcester Academy Charlie devoted 
much time to the Glee Club, perfecting an organization 
superior to any previously developed in the school. 

325 So. Margin St., Troy, O. 
COLES. 

Walter Hays Coles was born at Troy, Ohio, on November 
12, 1874. He is the son of T. Elliot Coles, dealer in hard- 
ware, and Flora Thirkield Coles. His early education was 
received at the Troy public schools. He fitted for college 
at the Troy High School. In 1892 he entered Wooster 
University at Wooster, Ohio, and after spending a year 
there, entered Amherst in 1893. 

Freshman year he was elected Class President, Senior year 
he served as chairman of the class Program Committee, and 
was on the Hyde Fifteen. He was a member of the Phi 
Delta Theta Fraternity and was graduated with the degree 
of A. B. 

Since leaving college he has devoted himself to business. 
For the first two years he was associated with Coles, Schaible 
& Smith. From '99 to '06 he was Secretary of the Hobart 
Electric Manufacturing Co. Since that time he has been 
Sales Manager of the Sterling Electric Motor Co. of Dayton 
and owner of the W. H. Coles Sales Organization with head- 
quarters at Troy, Ohio. He has published a few articles 
for trade papers. 

He was married June 12th, 1902, to Miss Fannie Thompson, 
at Troy, Ohio. They have one daughter, Charlotte Louise, 
born September 1st, 1907. 

23 Court St., Boston. 
CONANT. 

Harry W. Conant was born at Boston, Mass., on the 5th 
day of February, 1875. His father was Albert Conant, 
wholesale dealer in mirrors and pictures. All his life has 



50 ROLL OF THE CLASS. 

been spent in Boston where he attended the public schools, 
fitting for college at the Boston Latin School. 

He is a member of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity and the 
Phi Beta Kappa Society. During his fourth year he was 
on the Hardy Sixteen and in the Senior Dramatics cast. 
He was graduated with the degree of B. A. 

After leaving college he entered the Harvard Law School, 
where he studied for two years. He was admitted to the 
bar in 1900 and since that time has been engaged in the 
practice of the Law in association with Horace G. Allen. 

14 Sears St., Boston. 
CONVERSE. 

George M. Converse was born at Somersville, Conn., the 
first day of August, 1872. He is the son of George A. Con- 
verse, manufacturer of woolens, and Amelia Billings Converse. 
His early life was spent in Springfield and Monson where 
he attended the grammar schools and fitted for college at 
Monson Academy. 

At college he was on the athletic team, a member of the 
Relay Team, and the 'Varsity Football Team, during his 
first and second years. He left at the end of Sophomore 
year to enter business. He was a member of the Beta Theta 
Pi Fraternity. 

For two years after leaving college he served on the repor- 
torial staff" of the Springfield Union. Since '98 he has been 
associated with the American Tobacco Co., with headquarters 
in Boston and having charge of the New England agencies. 

He was married at North Wilbraham, March 29th, 1899, 
to Miss M. F. Gates. They have one son, Norman Alfred, 
born at Maiden, Jan. 29th, 1903. 

George was resurrected from the business oblivion into 
which he had sunk, by the promise of roast pig at the Boston 
Dinner last winter, and since then has proved himself a most 
loyal member of '97. 

Greenville, N. Y. 
COOK. 

George Louis Cook was born at Whitney's Point, N. Y., 
Jan. 30th, 1875. He is the son of Charles Cook, farmer, 
and Hannah Osborne Cook. His early life was spent at 
Whitney's Point, Walton and Greenville, N. Y., where he 
attended the public schools. He was fitted for college at 
the Walton High School, where he took his degree in 1893. 



ROLL OF THE CLASS. 51 

"I did not do much to distinguish myself at college, but 
managed to get my degree A. B. 

"Since graduation I have been teaching in New York 
State with the exception of one year spent in New Jersey. 
For three years I taught at Glen, N. Y., one year at Spring- 
field, and five years at Greenville, N. Y., where I am at 
present teaching mathematics." 

He was married at Greenville, N. Y., June 28th, 1905, to 
Miss Julia E. Parker. 

2714 Glenwood Road, Brooklyn. 
COWAN. 

William Arthur Cowan was born at Pittsfield, Mass., on 
the 9th day of October, 1874. His father was James Cowan, 
Editor of the Kindergarten Review, and his mother was Mary 
Conyers Cowan. His early life was spent in Pittsfield, 
Springfield and Holyoke, where he attended the primary 
and grammar schools, fitting for college at the Holyoke High 
School. 

He is a member of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. During 
his first and second years he won the championship in the 
College Chess Tournament. He was graduated with the 
degree of B. A. 

For two years after leaving college he was Laboratory 
Assistant and Instructor in Chemistry in the Polytechnic 
Institute of Brooklyn. Since that time he has been Chemist 
of the Metallic Department, Atlantic Branch of the National 
Lead Co. 

He was married December 28th, 1904, at Hookset, N. H., to 
Miss Alice Maud Togus. They have one son, James Theodore, 
born Feb. 27th, 1906. For his picture look behind the Water 
Wagon in the frontispiece. 

Warren, Pa. 
CRARY. 

Miner Dunham Crary was born at Sheffield, Pa., on the 
4th day of August, 1875. His father is Jerry Crary, engaged 
in the sole leather tanning industry, and his mother Laura 
A. Dunning Crary. He lived in Sheffield until 1902 and 
attended the public schools at that place. He prepared for 
college at the Allegheny College Preparatory School. 

Freshman year he played on the class baseball team. 
For three years he acted on the Baseball Benefit Committee. 
Junior year he was assistant Manager of the "Lit" and 



52 ROLL OF THE CLASS. 

Manager, Senior year. During his last year he was also 
Class Baseball Director and served on the Committee on 
Committees. His fraternity affiliation was with Phi Gam- 
ma Delta and upon graduation he received the degree of 
B. A. His interest in the Class has manifested exceptional 
liveliness ever since we were graduated, and he has served 
as an efficient and active member of the three Reunion Com- 
mittees. Though somewhat remote from the bunch he has 
appeared at a goodly number of the annual dinners. 

Since leaving college he has been constantly engaged in 
business as a member of the firm of Horton, Crary & Co., of 
Sheffield, Pa., Oil Producers. He is a director in the Warren 
National Bank of Warren, Pa., and Comptroller Gray's 
Harbor Railway and Light Co., of Aberdeen, Washington. 

He is also occupying the position of guardian to the children 
of Isaac Horton, late of Sheffield, Pa. 

802 Washington Ave., Brooklyn. 
CRAWFORD. 

Frederick Stuart Crawford was born at Lyons, Iowa, 
May 28th, 1876. He is the son of the Rev. Sidney Craw- 
ford, Congregational Clergyman, and Harriet Phinney Peck 
Crawford. He left Lyons in 1886 and went to Tampa, Fla., 
where he received his early education. He was fitted for 
college at the Tampa High School and in the academic 
department of Rollins College, Winter Park, Fla., and at 
the Beloit College Academy at Beloit, Wis. 

He is a member of the Theta Delta Chi Fraternity. He 
was on the Student Board his second, third and fourth years, 
the Olio Board, Junior year. He was a member of the Com- 
mittee on Committees and was chairman of the Class Com- 
mittee on Printing, Senior year. He was graduated with 
the degree of B. A. 

Since leaving college he has been engaged constantly in 
newspaper work on the New York Tribune. From '98 to 
'06 he was in charge of the Brooklyn office. For the past 
year he has been engaged in political writing at the main 
office in New York. 

He was married September 11th, 1902, at Elmira, N. Y., 
to Miss Mabel Rosabelle McLean. They have two children, 
F. Stuart, Jr., born October 6th, 1903, and Sidney P., born 
March 15th, 1905. 

He has published in collaboration with Rawson, '95, a 
book entitled "Our Army and Navy," which appeared in 
1898. His interest in Amherst is four-fold, as beside himself, 




Edward VVinslow Cross 



ROLL OF THE CLASS. 53 

he has four immediate relatives among the Alumni, his father, 
the Rev. Sidney Crawford, '61; his uncle, the Rev. William 
Crawford, '57; and his cousin, Harry Colvin Crawford, '06. 

621 Sterling Place, Brooklyn. 
CREEGAN. 

James Dwight Creegan was born at Wakeman, O., December 
21st, 1875. He is the son of Charles E. Creegan, clergyman, 
and Melissa Williams Creegan. His early education was 
received at the grammar schools of Syracuse, N. Y., and his 
college preparation at the Newton High School and Cutler's 
School, Newton. 

His life at Amherst came to an untimely end at the close 
of his Freshman year. 

Since that time he has been engaged in a variety of lines 
of business and for the past four years has been agent for a 
well-known piano firm. He is much on the road travelling 
through the East and South with headquarters in Brooklyn. 



Died, April 23rd, 1899. 
CROSS. 

Edward Winslow Cross was born at Manchester, N. H., 
on the 21st day of July, 1875. He was the son of David 
Cross, lawyer, and Anna Quakenbush Eastman Cross. His 
early life was spent in Manchester, where he attended the 
public schools fitting for Amherst at the Manchester High 
School. 

He was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. 
Senior year he was on the Promenade Committee and a 
member of the Committee on Committees. He was graduated 
with the degree of A, B. 

The first year out of college he spent studying law in his 
father's office, going from there to the Harvard Law School 
in the fall of 1898. Before he had completed his first year 
at the School he was seized with a severe attack of pneu- 
monia and died at his home in Manchester after a two weeks' 
illness. 

One of his closest friends has given the following estimate 
of Cross' life and character. "He was a warm-hearted, 
generous fellow, of very sunny temperament, intensely loyal 
to his family and intimate friends. With eager appreciation 
he had devoted his leisure hours to the study of entomology, 
and possessed an excellent and carefully classified collection. 



54 ROLL OF THE CLASS. 

At the time of his death he was entering upon his work in 
the law, with the enthusiasm and steadfastness that were 
his in all his undertakings." 

The Manchester Mirror at the time of his death spoke of 
him as, "An ardent admirer of nature, being an entomologist 
of rare and skilful ability. His passionate love of nature 
and her wealth of insect life never ceased, and he was the 
possessor of one of the finest collections of Geometridse in 
this country. He had written articles for the Entomological 
News of Philadelphia and the Canadian Entomologist and 
had recently become a member of the Agassiz Society of 
Cambridge. " 



Died, Feb. 1, 1898. 
DANFORTH. 

New London, Conn., Nov. 19th, 1907. 
Kendall Emerson, M. D., Worcester, Mass. 
Dear Sir: — 

My son Edward was loyal to his college and to his class. 
Your request revives memories that are always near the 
surface and that possess the heart. His mother has prepared 
the enclosed paper for the Decennial Book. 

Sincerely yours, 

James R. Danforth. 

"Edward Joseph Danforth was born in Newtonville, May 
24th, 1874. His boyhood was spent in Philadelphia; and 
later his college preparatory studies were carried on at the 
Athenee in Liege, Belgium, while his father was United 
States Consul. In this school all his lessons were conducted 
in French, the language of the place. 

Then followed a year of study and travel in Switzerland, 
Germany, Italy, France, and other countries of Europe, in 
each of which he made special study of the language, history, 
art, architecture and customs of the place, conversing readily 
in Italian, French and German. 

On his return to America he entered Amherst College. 
While there he interested himself in Christian work in the 
neighboring villages. 

After his graduation he entered the Chicago Theological 
Seminary and the Social Settlement work of the Chicago 
Commons, under his cousin. Dr. Graham Taylor. Here he 
became intensely interested in work for the betterment of 



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the submerged elements of that great city. As one of his 
tasks he collected from the street corners a lot of wild, high- 
spirited young Italians, talking to them in their own language, 
and forming them into a club at the settlement. They were 
devoted to him but it took a concentration of all his energies 
to keep them under control. In these and other ways he 
burned his life away for the unfortunate, leaving his young 
nien broken-hearted. February 1st, 1898, after a brief 
illness, he passed to higher service." 



53 State St., Boston. 
DONHAM. 

Harold Grenville Donham was born at Portland, Maine, 
July 28, 1875. He is the son of Grenville M. Donham' 
business publisher, and Sarah Gregory Donham. His early 
life was spent in Portland where he was educated at the 
public schools. 

He is a member of the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. 
After finishing the first year at Amherst he left college to 
take up the study of law. 

In the spring of 1896 he began the reading of the law in 
the office of the Hon. Clarence Hale, now Judge of the United 
States District Court of Maine. The following autumn he 
entered the Harvard Law School from which he was graduated 
in 1899 with the honor degree and was admitted to the 
Massachusetts Bar the same year. He then entered the law 
office of Fish, Richardson & Storrow of Boston and remained 
with them until 1902, when Mr. Fish withdrew from the firm to 
become President of the American Tel. & Tel. Co. Since that 
time he has been in practice in Boston on his own account. 

He was married at Ansonia, Conn., in June, 1906, to Miss 
Elizabeth Schnellar of that city. 

Newburgh, N. Y. 
DOTY. 

William Henry Doty was born at Argyle, N. Y., November 
1st, 1857. He was the son of William Doty, mechanic, and 
Esther Ingalls Doty. His early life was spent at South 
Hartford, N. Y., where he received his preliminary education 
at the public schools. He was graduated from South Hart- 
ford Academy in 1874. He then studied for four years at 
the Troy Conference Academy, Poultney, Vt., subsequently 
taking a two years' course at the Albany Normal School. 



56 ROLL OF THE CLASS. 

He entered Amherst Junior year for special work in con- 
nection with his profession of teacher, leaving at the end of 
the year. 

He then went to New York University where he was 
graduated with the degrees of B. S. and Pd. M. 

For many years he has been principal of the High School 
at Newburgh, New York, and instructor in chemistry and 
mathematics. 

He was married at Poughkeepsie in June, 1896, to Miss 
Carrie LuYanne Mickle. They have two children, Madeline 
Ward, born May 19th, 1898, and May LuVanne, born April 
27th, 1900. 

Hotel Gladstone, Dudley St., Boston. 
DOWNEY. 

James Edward Downey was born at New Braintree on the 
12th day of August, 1875. He is the son of James Downey, 
retired, and Ellen B. Downey. His early life was spent in 
New Braintree and North Brookfield, at which places he 
attended the public schools, preparing for college at the 
North Brookfield High School. He was one of three gradu- 
ating in his High School class, Billy Duncan being one of the 
other two. 

At college he played on the foot ball team Senior year and 
served as Class Prophet on Prophet. He was a member of 
the Senior Banquet Committee. At graduation he received 
the degree of A. B. 

Since leaving college he has studied at the Harvard Sum- 
mer School two years, the Clark University Summer School 
during 1901 and L' Alliance Francaise, Paris, Summer School 
in 1902. Last summer he did post-graduate work at Har- 
vard. He received the degree of A. M. from Amherst in 
1902, and is a candidate for the same degree from Harvard 
in 1910. 

His work has been varied in character and locality. He 
began as a reporter on the Holyoke Daily Transcript which 
he shortly gave up to accept a position as teacher of 
chemistry in the Holyoke High School. From there in 1901 
he came to the Worcester Classical High School where he 
remained for two years, then entering the Liquid Air Business 
in New York for two years. From 1903 he taught Mathe- 
matics in the Holyoke High School for two years. Since 
then he has been connected with the Boston public schools, 
and for the last year has been on the staff of the Boston 
High School of Commerce as instructor in mathematics. 



ROLL OF THE CLASS. 57 

Though already famous as a pedagogist, his truly world- 
wide renown was won last June as right fielder for the All- 
alumni Champions where he played an errorless game and 
displayed unexpected baseball form. 

"I do not believe a class ever graduated from Amherst 
in which the fellows thought as much of each other as the,y 
do in the class of '97." "Jim."' 

387 A Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn. 

DUNCAN. 

William Cary Duncan was born in North Brookfield, Mass., 
Feb. 6th, 1874. His father was Timothy Mason Duncan, 
a boot and shoe manufacturer and his mother was Harriet 
Eaton Duncan. He fitted for college at the North Brookfield 
grammar and high schools with Jim Downey. 

At college he was a member of the Athletic Team first 
and second years. He received the Kellogg Prize in Oratory 
Sophomore year. He was Secretary of the Olio Board, 
Grove Poet, on the Hardy Sixteen and the Hyde Six and a 
member of the Senior Dramatics Troupe. He was a member 
of the Chi Phi Fraternity and was graduated with the degree 
of B. A. 

Since leaving college he has been constantly serving as 
Head of the Department of Public Speakers at the Polytechnic 
Preparatory School of Brooklyn, N. Y. 

He was married at Brooklyn, December 18th, 1901, to 
Miss Louise VanCleaf. They have one son, William Gary 
Duncan, Jr., born April 26th, 1905. 

He has published a number of short poems in various 
magazines and has regaled us at divers banquets with others 
well worthy of publication — not to mention some short 
stories unfit to print. 

3 Culvert St., Glens Falls, N. Y. 
DURGIN. 

Allan Porter Durgin was born at Chicago, November 8th, 
1874. He is the son of John Parker Durgin, a lumber dealer, 
and Alice May Porter Durgin. His early life was spent in 
Chicago where he attended the public schools, taking his 
preparation for college at the Lake View High School. 

He is a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. He was captain 
of the Class Baseball Team, on the Class Cider Team second 
year and the Athletic Team second and third years. He 
secured the second prize in the two mile bic3^cle race in the 



58 ROLL OF THE CLASS, 

Triangular Meet third year. Senior year he was manager 
of the Senior Dramatics and a member of the Senior Prome- 
nade Committee. He was graduated with the degree of B. A. 
After leaving college he was purchasing agent for the 
Knickerbocker Ice Co., of Chicago, until 1903. For three 
years thereafter he was assistant to the manager of Sales 
and Factories for the Union Bag and Paper Co., with head- 
quarters in New York City. Since then he has been New 
York State Sales Agent for the Samuel Cupples Wooden 
Ware Co., of New York, Chicago and St. Louis. His work 
is at present agent in the central part of New York State, 
where he is about to establish a distributing agency for this 
concern. 

San Fernando, Union, P. I. 
EGAN. 

Francis Eugene Egan was born at Springfield, March 24th, 
1875. He is the son of Michael Freeman Egan, a government 
clerk at the Armory, and Mary Theresa O'Donnel Egan. 
His early life was spent at Springfield where he was educated 
at the primary, grammar and high schools. 

He was graduated with the degree of B. S. 

He spent one year as government clerk at the Springfield 
Armory, going from there to Brooklyn where he reported 
for the Brooklyn and New York papers for two years. He 
spent the following year as a teacher in 'the Brooklyn Gram- 
mar Schools. In 1903 he accepted a position as teacher in 
the government schools in Manila, where he has been engaged 
in teachiusg Latin at the high schools in Baguia and Nargilian, 
and is at present located in San Fernando, Union Province. 

"Pat" was fully expected back for the Decennial last 
June, but changed his mind at the last moment and 
re-enlisted for the Philippine Teaching Service. 

9 Pelham St., Worcester. 
ELLIOTT. 

Robert Thomas Elliott was born at Pomfret, Conn., on 
the 16th day of June, 1874. He is the son of Thomas Osgood 
Elliott, farmer and lumberman, and Mary Lucretia Averill 
Elliott. His early life was spent at Pomfret where he 
attended the public schools fitting for college at the Putnam 
High School. 

He is a member of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity. He was 
on the Athletic Team four years and captain Senior year. 



ROLL OF THE CLASS. 59 

He was on the Relay Team second, third and fourth years, 
and was the winner of numerous prizes in the 220 and 440 
yards dashes at the N. E. I. A. A. Meetings. Junior year 
he served on the Oho Board. At graduation he received 
the degree of B. A. 

Since leaving college he has been engaged in teaching, 
first at West Jersey Academy, Bridgeton, N. J., where he 
spent two years, going from there to the Bulkeley School, 
New London, Conn., for the following six years, where he 
became instructor in Latin, English and History. In 1905 
he was sub-master in Latin and History at the Winchester 
High School, and this year, 1907, he is at the head of 
the History Department, in the Worcester Classical High 
School. 

He was married October 26, 1905, at New London, Conn., 
to Miss Ruth Devereaux. They have one daughter, Virginia 
Devereaux, born October 5th, 1907. 

Bob has retained his interest in track athletics and has 
aided in putting a number of successful school teams into 
the field at the various institutions with which he has been 
connected. 

37 Pearl St., Worcester. 
EMERSON. 

Kendall Emerson was born at Northampton, June 27th, 
1875. He is the son of Professor Benjamin Kendall Emerson 
and Mary Annette Hopkins Emerson. His early education 
was received at the Amherst primary and grammar schools 
and he fitted for college at the Amherst High School. 

He is a member of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity and the 
Phi Beta Kappa Society. He was a member of the Church 
Committee from the class for four years. He was a member 
of the Junior and Senior Promenade Committee and of the 
Cotillon Club third and fourth years. He was elected class 
Secretary fourth year and permanent class Secretary. He 
was on the Hardy Sixteen and the Hyde Six and a member 
of the Senior Dramatics Troupe. He was graduated with 
the degree of B. A. 

He then studied medicine at Harvard for four years, receiv- 
ing the degree of M. D. in 1901. He received the appointment 
of Interne of the Good Samaritan Hospital during his course. 
After graduation he was House Officer at the Massachusetts 
General Hospital for a year and a half. After a brief trip 
abroad he started the practice of medicine in Worcester 
where he has remained. 



60 ROLL OF THE CLASS. 

On October 1st, 1903, he married Miss Josephine Devereux 
Sewall of Watertown, N. Y. They have two sons, Sewall, 
born October 13th, 1904, and Kendall, born March 1st, 
1907. 

He is Orthopedic Surgeon and Surgeon to Out-patients at 
the Worcester Memorial Hospital. He is a member of the 
Massachusetts Medical Association, the Orthopedic Club of 
Boston and the Interurban Orthopedic Club. 

340 Main St., Worcester. 
ESTY, E. T. 

Edward Tuckerman Esty was born at Amherst, August 
30th, 1875. His father is Prof. Wilham Cole Esty, of 
Amherst College and his mother was Martha Ann Cushing 
Esty. His early education was received at the public schools 
at Amherst, and he was fitted for college at the Amherst 
High School. 

He was a member of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity and the 
Phi Beta Kappa Society. He was on the Kellogg Fifteen 
both first and second years. He was a member of the Cotillon 
Club and its President fourth year; he was on the Junior 
and Senior Promenade Committees, the Committee on Com- 
mittees and was Chairman of the Committee on Reunions. 
During Senior year he was elected Treasurer of the Phi Beta 
Kappa Society, was on the Hardy Six, the Commencement 
Stage and a member of the Senior Dramatics cast. 

The first year out of college he was Walker Instructor 
in Mathematics at Amherst. In '98 he went to the Harvard 
Law School from which he was graduated three years 
later with the degree of LL. B. For a year he was associated 
in the practice of law with the firm of Hammond & Field 
in Northampton. In 1902 he became a member of the firm 
of Hopkins & Esty with law offices in Worcester where he 
remained until the first of April, 1907. At that time he 
formed a partnership with Ernest H. Vaughan, City Solicitor 
of Worcester, for the practice of law under the firm name 
of Vaughan & Esty. 

In 1904 he was appointed Special Justice of the Central 
District Court of Worcester County, a position which he 
still fills with honor. For the past two years he has been 
a member of the Worcester Common Council from Ward 
10 and has just been re-elected. 

Since graduation he has served the Class as its honored 
and respected president and has never been so much involved 
in his profession that he was not ready and willing to devote 



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large chunks of time to the welfare of the class. As an 
example of class loyalty he may be held up as a glittering light 
before the members of all classes, past, present, and to come. 

Amherst. 
ESTY, R. P. 

Robert Pegram Esty was born at Amherst, Mass., on the 
5th of August, 1876. His father is Professor William Cole 
Esty, and his mother was Martha Ann Gushing Esty. His 
early life was spent at Amherst where he fitted for college at 
the primary, grammar and high schools. 

He was a member of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity and the 
Phi Beta Kappa Society. He was a member of the Glee 
Club his second, third and fourth years, the Cotillon Club 
Senior year, and Stage Manager and a member of the Cast 
of the Senior Dramatics. He divided the Law Latin Prize 
offered for excellence in fourth year work. He was graduated 
with the degree of A. B. 

For three years following graduation he studied at the 
Harvard Law School, where he was graduated in 1900 with 
the degree of LL. B. He then entered the practice of law 
in Boston associated with the office of Horace R. Bailey. 
Subsequently he entered the office of the Hon. Herbert 
Parker of Worcester. For the past five years his headquarters 
have been in New York where he has been associated in 
business with Duane H. Nash, '93, and Draper C. Bartlett, 
'03, for the last four years. He is secretary of the Arms 
Pocketbook & Leather Novelty Co., of Amherst and Treas- 
urer of the Commonwealth Rubber Co., of Reading, Mass., 
also General Counsel for these companies. 

He was married at Bryn Mawr, October 26, 1907, to Miss 
Mildred Colton. 

Bob has been unusually fortunate in having the paths of 
his business lead frequently Amherstward. So much of his 
time has he been able to spend in the old town that his 
intimate knowledge of college affairs is greater than that 
of any other member of the class, save perhaps Kidder. This 
winter he will spend with his bride at the home of his brother, 
Prof. T. C. Esty, in Amherst. 

175 Beach St., Holyoke. 
FAY. 

Levi E. Fay was born at Windsor, Vt., March 5th, 1875. 
He was the son of C. T. Fay and Carohne Watkins Fay. 



62 ROLL OF THE CLASS. 

Most of his life has been spent at Holyoke where he attended 
the public school fitting for college at the Holyoke High School. 

He was a member of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. He 
was on the athletic team first, second and third years, securing 
third prize in the one-half mile run in the Triangular League 
Meet, Junior year. He was chairman of the Senior Class 
Supper Committee. 

For the first year out of college he was reporter for the 
Holyoke Glohe-Democrat. The subsequent three years he 
spent with the Bradstreet Company. Since then he has 
been associated with the White & Wyckoff Manufacturing 
Co., makers of fine writing paper, with a large factory at 
Holyoke. , 

Berlin, Conn. 
FISKE. 

Samuel Asa Fiske was born at Shelburne on the 5th day 
of August, 1875. He is the son of David Alonso Fiske, farmer, 
and Isabel Hawkes Fiske. His early schooling was received 
at Shelburne. He fitted for college at the Greenfield High 
School. 

"I entered Amherst College in September, 1893, with the 
illustrious crowd comprising the class of 1897. My college 
course was run without winning any special honors, aside 
from the Committee on Religious Work. I think the only 
other class committee on which I served was that of the 
Senior Promenade. " He is a member of the Phi Kappa Psi 
Fraternity. He was graduated with the degree of B. A. 

He then studied at the Hartford Theological Seminary 
for three years and was graduated from there in 1900 with 
the degree of B. D. 

His first pastorate was with the Congregational Church 
in Avon, Conn., in 1904. He went from there to the pastorate 
of the Gilbert Memorial Congregational Church, in George- 
town, Conn. Since 1906 he has been in charge of the Second 
Congregational Church of Berlin, Conn. 

He was married June 14th, 1905, to Miss Louise Blakeslee 
Case. They have one daughter, Victoria Ward Fiske, born 
December 12th, 1906. 

Among his publications are several sermons which have 
appeared in the Washington Post and the Hartford Courant. 
He has had several appointments as speaker at local and 
state conferences of churches. Endeavor Unions, women's 
organizations and literary clubs, "but no very exceptional 
honors to report. " 



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84 State St., Boston. 
FLETCHER, H. G. 

Hewett G. Fletcher was born at Castine, Maine, Aui2;ust 
20th, 1875. His father was Grenville T. Fletcher, retired, 
and his mother was Clara Fiske Fletcher. His early life was 
spent at Castine until 1884 when he moved to Marlboro and 
later to Northampton. He attended the public schools at 
these places, fitting for college at Williston Seminary, East- 
hampton. He is a member of the Theta Delta Chi Fraternity. 
He was graduated with the degree of B. S. 

After leaving college he attended the Harvard Law School 
from which he was graduated in 1901 with the degree of LL. B. 
He has been in the constant practice of his profession in Boston 
since that time, having been admitted to the bar in 1901. 
For two years he was in the office of Clapp & Glover, at the 
end of that time opening an office of his own where he has 
been in active practice ever since. 

Carnegie Public Library, Pittsburg. 
FLETCHER, R. S. 

Robert Stillman Fletcher was born in Hartford, Conn., on 
the 12th day of September, 1874. His father is William 
Isaac Fletcher, librarian, and his mother, Annie LeBaron 
Richmond Fletcher. His early life was spent in Hartford, 
Conn., from which city he came to Amherst in 1884. He 
fitted for college at the Amherst High School and Williston 
Seminary. 

He played third base on the baseball team during his 
college course, being captain of the team his third year. He 
was a member of the Athletic Team, Junior year, and on the 
Relay Team four years. He was on the Kellogg Fifteen first 
and second years, was Athletic Director fourth year, a member 
of the Cotillon Club and College champion in billiards, Senior 
year. He was a member of the Chi Psi Fraternity and was 
graduated with the degree of A. B. 

For the eight months after graduation he was with the 
Library Bureau. In September 1898 he was assistant at 
the Buffalo Public Library, going from there in 1900 to the 
librarianship of the Bradford, Pa., Public Library. After 
a few months in Brooklyn in 1903, he went to Pittsburg where 
he has since been assistant librarian in the Carnegie Public 
Library. 

He was married on November 19th, 1907, at Oil City, Pa. 
to Miss Charlotte Isabel Stevenson. 



64 ROLL OF THE CLASS. 

During '04 and '05 he was successively Vice-President and 
President of the Key Stone Library Association. Under 
general information he says, "Except my impending marriage 
can think of nothing. Same old story, but its going to be 
a whole lot better reading hereafter. " 

Ann Arbor, Mich. 
FORD. 

Walter Burton Ford was born at Oneonta, N. Y., May 18th, 
1874. He is the son of Sylvester Ford, dealer in real estate, 
and Emogene Burton Ford. His early life was passed at 
Oneonta, where he studied in the Union School until 1889, 
fitting for college at the Oneonta Normal School. 

He is a member of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity, Fresh- 
man year he took the Walker Mathematics Prize. At the 
end of Sophomore year he left Amherst to enter Harvard 
College, where he was graduated with the degree of A. B. in 
1897, taking final honors in mathematics. He spent one year 
more at Harvard at the end of which time he received the 
degree of A. M. in 1903. He passed a year abroad in study 
at Paris, Pisa and Gottingen. He received the degree of 
Ph. D. from Harvard in 1905. 

"I have been constantly connected with the University 
of Wisconsin since 1898 exception being made of the two years, 
'98 and '99 spent in the city of Albany, N. Y., and the years 
'03 and '04, the first of which was spent abroad and the second 
at Williams College as instructor in mathematics. Am now 
assistant professor of mathematics at the University of 
Wisconsin. " 

On October 20th, 1900, he was married at Ovid, N. Y., to 
Miss Edith Westervilt Banker. They have one son, Sylvester 
Ford, 2nd, born May 10th, 1902. 

He has pubhshed papers on mathematical subjects in the 
''Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society," "Trans- 
actions of the American Mathematical Society," "Journal 
de Mathematiques " and "Annali di Matematica. " 

SiLVERBELL, ArIZ. 

FOSTER. 

Edgar Lowell Foster was born at Milltown, New Brunswick, 
on May 25th, 1873. He is the son of Edgar L.owell Foster, 
clergyman, and Mary Boyden Foster. His early life was 
spent in Milltown and Calais, Me., and he prepared for college 
at Andover and Black Hall School. 



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He is a member of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity. He was 
Treasurer of the Class for the four years in college and Assistant 
Manager and Manager of the Athletic Team. We was grad- 
uated with the degree of A. B. 

"Have done everything since, from selling books, insurance 
and automobiles, to prospecting and framing timbers for 
mines, and haven't struck oil yet." The first year out of 
college he spent at the Boston University Law School and 
the following in "soliciting and collecting for a subscription 
book house (the last resort of the damned)." He was for 
a short time with the Carter Ink Co. and then interested in 
a paper box factory, location unknown. After some financial 
reverses he took a position with the Locomobile Co. and later 
with the Mobile Co. of America. In 1903 he was McMillan's 
representative in Iowa, but after a brief experience with that 
concern his health failed and he was obliged to go to Arizona 
where he has continued to live, improving in health and still 
hopeful of "striking oil." 

21 i Buffum St., Salem. 
FRISBEE. 

Walter Stuart Frisbee was born at Salem the 31st of January 
1876. He is the son of Andrew T. Frisbee, yacht dealer, and 
Abbie Burnham Frisbee. His entire life has been spent in 
Salem, Mass., where he was educated in private, primary and 
grammar schools, taking his degree from the high school in 1893. 

He was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity and was 
graduated with the degree of A. B. 

After leaving college he received an appointment as clerk 
in the freight department of the Boston & Maine Railway at 
Salem. He left this work in 1901 to accept a position in the 
contracting department of the Boston Bridge Works, with 
which concern he is still identified. He has acted as Principal 
of the Boys' Evening School at Salem for the past five years. 

He was married in Salem, April 12th, 1906, to Miss Alice 
Layton. 

The study of evening schools and their intense value to 
the laboring boy seeking a wider education, has occupied much 
of his spare time and he has succeeded in building up a most 
efficient organization in the evening school system of Salem. 

49 Wellington Ct., Brooklyn. 
GATES, W. B. 

William Bishop Gates was born at Warsaw, New York, 
September 14th, 1875. He is the son of Merrill Edwards Gates 



66 ROLL OF THE CLASS. 

of the Indian Bureau, and Mary C. Bishop Gates. His early 
life was spent at Albany and New Brunswick, N. J. He 
attended the Rutgers primary and grammar schools and fitted 
for college at the Amherst High School. 

He is a member of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity and the 
Phi Beta Kappa Society. He was on the Kellogg Fifteen 
second year, the Athletic Team third year and the Cotillon 
Club third and fourth years. He acted as college organist 
during his fourth year and was a member of the Banjo Club. 
He was a Hardy prize debater, college tennis champion, vice- 
president of Phi Beta Kappa, and on the Commencement 
Stage during his fourth year. He was graduated with the 
degree of B. A. and received the degree of M. A. in 1904. 

For two years after leaving college he taught Science at 
the Pingree Boys' School, Elizabeth, N. J. He then studied 
at the Union Theological Seminary receiving the degree of 
B. D. in 1902. For four years he was assistant minister of the 
West End Presbyterian Church in New York and for the 
past year has been pastor of the Wells Memorial Presbyterian 
Church of Brooklyn. 

His publications include occasional articles in magazines. 
He was a member of the Evangelistic Committee of New York 
in 1904 and of the Church Extension Committee of Brooklyn, 
in 1907. He received the appointment of alternate delegate 
to the New York Synod in 1907. 

Saco, Me. 
GATES,, C. M. 

Carl Martel Gates was born at Warner, N. H., July 15th, 
1875. He is the son of the Rev. Matthew A. Gates and Deucy 
Louisa Ward Gates. His early life was spent at St. Johnsbury, 
Barton Landing and Dorset, Vt., where he attended the pri- 
mary and grammar schools. He fitted for college at St. 
Johnsbury Academy. He entered college in '96, com- 
pleting Freshman year, but on account of illness finished 
with '97. 

He is a member of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity and the 
Phi Beta Kappa Society. Freshman year he received the 
second German Prize and the Sawyer Prize in Physiology. 
He was secretary of Phi Beta Kappa, president of the college 
Y. M. C. A. and on the Commencement Stage. He was 
graduated with the degree of B. A. 

The following three years he spent in Union Theological 
Seminary, receiving the degree of B. D. For excellence in 
theological study he secured a fellowship for two years foreign 



ROLL OF THE CLASS. 67 

study in theology. This he spent at the University 
of BerHn. In 1905 he received the degree of M. A. from 
Amherst. 

His first pastorate was at the Presbyterian Church in Dover, 
N. J. From there he went in 1904 to Saco, Maine, where he 
is pastor of the Congregational Church. 

He was married at Hanover, N. H., July 2nd, 1903, to Miss 
Catherine Rossiter Bisbee. They have two children, Charles 
Marvin, born August 25th '04, and Louise Ward, born April 
28th, '07. 

He has served for three years as moderator of the York 
County Conference of Congregational Churches. 

"You have covered all the past and present and I am no 
prophet of the future. " 

Mansfield, O. 
GEDDES. 

Daniel Marshall Geddes was born at Kirkintilloch, Scotland, 
on the 19th of March, 1872. He is the son of John Geddes, 
stone mason, and Anna Small Geddes. His early years were 
spent in Scotland, Ontario and New York State. He studied 
at the primary and grammar schools in Scotland and 
Canada. He was fitted for college at the Ogdensburg Free 
Academy. 

During his Senior year he was a member of the Committee 
on Committees and was Chairman of the Class Committee 
on decorations. He acted during his course as Mr. Fletcher's 
assistant at the library. He was graduated with the degree 
of B. A. 

After leaving college he was superintendent of the Boys 
Industrial Colony at Gardiner, New York, for one year. He 
then attended the Auburn Theological Seminary for four 
years. He pursued the regular theological course receiving 
no degree, however, as it is not the custom at Auburn to grant 
degrees. From 1901 to 1906 he was pastor of the Presbyterian 
Church at Mayfield, New York. Since then he has assumed 
the pastorate of the First Presbyterian Church of Mansfield, 
Ohio. 

He was married at Buckland, Mass., on September 4th, 
'01, to Miss Florence Ernestine Taylor. They have one daugh- 
ter, Ernestine Taylor, born May 7th, 1902. 

Dan incloses a weekly calendar of his church in which 
is described in full the good work that he is doing, and 
also in which he appears on most of the important com- 
mittees. 



68 ROLL OF THE CLASS. 

RiPON, Wis, 
OILMAN. 

Albert Franklin Oilman was born at Hallowell, Me., Sep- 
tember 9, 1871. He is the son of William Frank Oilman, 
manufacturer of oil cloth, and Julia Ann Oordon Oilman. 
His early life was spent in Hallowell, Chelsea and Readfield, 
Me., and in 1887 he moved to Winthrop, Me., where he was 
graduated from the high school in 1890. He then prepared 
for the classical course in college at Kent's Hill Seminary, 
Me., where he was graduated in 1892. He spent one year 
in canvassing and teaching and entered Wesleyan University 
in the fall of 1893. 

Sophomore year he joined us at Amherst. He was on the 
Class Cider Team second year and was a member of the Com- 
mittee on Committees. He was graduated with the degree 
of B. S. and received his M. A. in 1901. 

He has since done post-graduate work at Harvard, the 
University of Tennessee and for two summers at Chicago 
University. In these institutions he pursued courses in 
physics and chemistry, his chosen lines of work. 

The first two years out of college, Oilman taught at The 
Little Blue School, Farmington, Me., and at Dow Academy, 
Franconia, N. H. He then worked for a short time with 
Dodd, Mead & Co., and returned to teaching at Summit, N. J. 
From 1900 to 1906 he was Professor of Chemistry and 
Physics at Maryville College, Tenn. and since the latter date 
has occupied the chair of chemistry at Ripon College, Wis. 

He was married at Meriden, Conn., September 28, 1899, 
to Miss Agnes Geneva McOlynn of that city. They are the 
proud possessors of the Class Boy, Albert Franklin, Jr., born 
at Meriden, July 28th, 1900, and also a daughter, Oertrude 
Marcelle, born at Maryville, December 5th, 1904. 

117 Chestnut St., Haverhill. 
ORIFFIN. 

Albert CUnton Oriffin was born at Haverhill, July 7th, 1873. 
He is the son of Reuben Evans Griffin, shoe merchant, retired, 
and Mary Elizabeth Stockbridge Griffin. His entire life has 
been spent in Haverhill where he attended the public schools. 
After leaving the Haverhill High School he spent one winter 
in study at the Grand Rapids Business College before coming 
to Amherst. 

He is a member of the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. He 
was on the Banjo Club the first two years and the Mandolin 



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Club throughout his college course. Junior year he was assist- 
ant leader of the Mandolin Club, and its leader Senior year. 
He was on the Kellogg Fifteen Sophomore year and was 
chairman of the Junior and Senior Promenade Committees. 
He was graduated with the degree of B. S. 

He has been continuously occupied with the shoe business 
since leaving college. In 1899 he entered the employ of the 
H. B. Goodrich Shoe Co. and for the past seven years has 
been travelling salesman for that concern. 

Flushing, L, I. 
GROSVENOR, A. W. 

Asa Waters Grosvenor was born at Constantinople, Turkey, 
on the 7th of November, 1874. His father is Professor Edwin 
A. Grosvenor of Amherst, and his mother Lillian Hovey 
Waters Grosvenor. His early life was spent in Constantinople, 
Millbury and Worcester. He fitted for college at Worcester 
Academy. 

He is a member of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity. He was on 
the athletic team first and second years, the Class Cider Team 
second year and the Boston Relay Team first and second years. 
He held the college records in the one hundred yard dash and 
in the running broad jump. He left at the opening of the 
Junior year to enter the class of '98 at the M. I. T. from which 
he was graduated with the degree of B. S. He returned 
to Amherst in '97 and took the same degree with the class 
of '98. 

In 1900 he received the appointment of assistant engineer 
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, an office which he filled for 
five years, during which time he lived at Washington, Pitts- 
burg and Fort Wayne, Ind. In 1905 he opened an office 
for the practice of civil engineering in New York City. 

He was married October 27th, 1904, at Fort Wayne, to Miss 
Gertrude King Hanna. They have two children, Julia Hanna, 
born August 4th, 1905, and Jonathan Holman, born Jan. 
31st, 1907. 

80 William St., New York. 
GROSVENOR, E. P. 

Edwin Prescott Grosvenor was born in Constantinople, 
Turkey, on the 28th day of October, 1875. He is the son of 
Professor Edwin Grosvenor of Amherst and Lillian Hovey 
Waters Grosvenor. He was fitted for college at Worcester 
Academy. 



70 ROLL OF THE CLASS. 

Of his college honors he says, "Can't remember so many 
years, though I believe I was on the Tennis Team one year, 
Phi Beta Kappa and Psi Upsilon. Have remembered that 
I divided a prize with G. H. once for Latin, also that I was 
awarded the Roswell Dwight Hitchcock fellowship, — but never 
received a dollar of it." Some of his friends also remember 
that he was on the athletic team third year, the Hyde Fifteen, 
the Hardy Prize Debate and the Commencement Stage. He 
received the degree of B. A., and that of M. A. from Amherst 
in 1900. 

After graduation he taught Latin and Greek several years 
in the Chestnut Hill Academy, Philadelphia. He then entered 
the Columbia Law School from which he was graduated in 
1903. He divided a prize for excellence in some abstruse 
law subject with his class-mate Henry Babcock of Watertown, 
New York. 

His publications include pieces on many subjects. He is 
special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States, 
and Junior Counsel for the United States in the suit brought 
against the American Tobacco Co. and others. 

This year he has acquired fame as representative of the 
Class in the Trophy Cup Competition and as Exalted Keeper 
of the Cup. 

1328 18th St., Washington. 
GROSVENOR, G. H. 

Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor was born at Constantinople, 
Turkey, the 28th of October, 1875. He is the son of Professor 
Edwin A. Grosvenor of Amherst and Lillian Hovey Waters 
Grosvenor. He lived in Constantinople until 1890, Millbury 
and Worcester, at which places he received his early education, 
fitting for Amherst at Worcester Academy. 

At college he was a member of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity 
and of Phi Beta Kappa. He took the Armstrong, Hogan and 
Ladd prizes, as well as the Walker Mathematics Prize of $200, 
Sophomore year, and the Hyde Prize of $100. He divided 
with E. P. the first and second Sophomore prizes in Latin. 
Senior year he was on the Commencement Stage. With E. P., 
he was tennis champion in doubles Senior year. He was 
graduated with the degree of B. A. 

For two years after leaving college he taught Latin, Math- 
ematics and Chemistry in Englewood Academy. Since 1899 
he has been associated with the National Geographic Mag- 
azine of Washington, first as assistant editor, then as managing 
editor and at present as editor of the magazine. 



ROLL OF THE CLASS. 71 

He was married October 23rd, 1900 in London, England, 
to Miss Elsie May Bell. They have four children, Melville 
Bell, born November 26th, 1901, Gertrude Hubbard, born 
July 28th, 1903, Mabel, born July 24th, 1905, and Lillian 
Waters, born July 8th, 1907. 

He has published "Scenes From Foreign Lands," a book 
of 225 pages, and many articles in the Century, the Popular 
Science Monthly, the Smithsonian Institute Reports and the 
Geographic Magazine. He is editor of the Ziegler Polar 
Expedition Scientific Report of 650 pages, and associate 
editor of the Proceedings of the Eighth International Geo- 
graphical Congress of 1,050 pages. 

108 E. 65th St., New York. 
HALL, H. B. 

Henry Benjamin Hall was born at New York, December 
19th, 1875. His father who is not living, was Henry B. 
Hall, manufacturer, and his mother is Eliza Newcomb Hall. 
His early life was spent in Brooklyn, where he attended the 
Polytechnic School, at which Institution he was fitted for 
college. 

During his Senior year he served on the Senior Promenade 
Committee and was graduated with the degree of B. A. 
Since leaving college his work has been with the New York 
Lye Co. with offices at 398 Broadway. 

H. B. is extremely reticent in confiding the details of his 
life to the Class Secretary, but it has been heard on good 
authority that he is proving himself an able and skilled 
business man in his chosen work. 

2 Rector St., New York. 
HALL, L. H. 

Louis Harrison Hall was born at Naugatuck, Ct., on the 
5th day of June, 1875. He is the son of Billions Cook Hall, 
farmer, and Adelaide Elizabeth Smith Hall. His early life 
was spent at Naugatuck where he received a grammar school 
education, fitting for college at the Waterbury High School and 
Wesleyan Academy. He dropped his study in 1888 for a year's 
business experience, worldng in a factory and a drug store. 

He is a member of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity. He was 
on the Football Team his Sophomore, Junior and Senior 
years. He was graduated with the degree of B. S. 

He then entered the Columbia Law School from which he 
received his LL. B. in 1900. He had already been admitted 



72 ROLL OF THE CLASS. 

to the New York Bar the preceding year. For the past 
seven years he has been practicing law with the firm of Putney, 
Twombly & Putney of New York. 

He was married September 7th, 1905, at Bridgewater, N. J., 
to Miss Georgia Dunn Coyle. They have one daughter, 
Virginia Coyle Hall, born June 27, 1907. 

136 Barclay St., Flushing, L. I. 
HAMILTON. 

Herbert Frank Hamilton was born at Millbury, August 5th, 
1875. He is the son of Darwin F. Hamilton, expert accountant , 
and Julia Goddard Hamilton. His early education was 
received at Greenfield, where he prepared for college at the 
high school. 

He is a member of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity and Phi 
Beta Kappa. He was a member of the Committee on Com- 
mittees during his Senior year and was graduated with the 
degree of B. A. 

His post graduate study occupied the following two years 
at Yale where he pursued courses in English and Greek, 
receiving the M. A. degree in '99. He returned to Yale in 
1901 for two years of resident graduate work. In 1907 he 
completed his thesis entitled "The Pindaric Ode in English 
Verse," for which he received his Ph. D. degree from Yale, 
being one of the three members of our class who have won 
this honor. 

His work as teacher includes one year as instructor at 
Frederick College, Maryland, and two years at the Bloomfield 
High School, N. J. Since 1901 he has been head of the English 
Department of the New York State High School, Number 20, 
at Flushing, Long Island. 

"The New York State Board granted me the present year 
1907 and 1908 for study and travel abroad. I am to sail 
accordingly this month, November, for study at Cambridge, 
Berlin and Rome. " 

"Hammie" won fame at the Decennial as winner of the 
short distance swimming contest with his wonderful trudgeon 
stroke. 

29 Hanover St., Lynn. 
HAWES, A. T. 

Alfred Taylor Hawes was born at New Haven, Conn., on 
the 28th day of May, 1874. He is the son of Edward Hawes, 
clergyman, and Sarah Stone Hawes. His early life was spent 



ROLL OF THE CLASS. 73 

at Burlington, Vt., where he fitted for college in the primary, 
grammar and high schools. 

He is a member of the D. K. E. Fraternity. He played 
on the foot-ball team and the class baseball team first year. 
He was a member of the class quartet and made the Hyde 
Fifteen Senior year. He was graduated with the degree of 
A. B. 

After leaving college he studied medicine at the University 
of Vermont, receiving the degree of M. D. He also received 
the M. A. degree from Amherst in 1900. He then accepted 
the position of Interne at the Lynn Hospital and has since 
acted as assistant superintendent of that institution. 

He was married June 24th, 1906, at Lynn, to Miss Helen 
Forbes. They have one son, Frederick Dana, born Nov. 30, 
1907. 

His publications include three books entitled "Talks to 
First Year Nurses," "Observation of Symptoms" and 
"District Nursing." He is Attending Physician to the Lynn 
Hospital, Professor of Theory and Practice in the college 
of Physicians and Surgeons in Boston and a member of the 
Massachusetts Medical Society. He is also examiner for the 
New York Life Insurance Co., and the Columbia Mutual Life, 
He is medico-legal expert for the Boston and Northern Street 
Railway System and also for the Employers Liability Insurance 
Co. He is also a member of the Boston Society of examining 
surgeons and on the executive committee of the Lynn Medical 
Fraternity. 

23 South 17th St., East Orange, N. J. 
HAWES, W. G. 

William Goodell Hawes was born at Philadelphia, November 
13th, 1872. His father is Rev. Edward Hawes, clergyman, 
and his mother, Sarah Stone Hawes. His early life was 
spent at New Haven and Burlington. His education was 
received at the public schools of the latter place and at Willis- 
ton Seminary where he fitted for college. 

He is a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. 
He was in the College Choir and the Glee Club throughout 
his course, and was Assistant Leader and Leader of the Club 
his last year. He was also leader of the Class Quartet, was 
Class Choregus and was voted to be '97's sweetest singer. 
He was on the Class Baseball Team first year and the 'Varsity 
Foot-ball Team Senior year. He was winner of the second 
prize in the Field Day Mile Run. His degree at graduation 
was that of B. S. 



74 ROLL OF THE CLASS. 

For the first year after leaving college he was with the 
Congregational Sunday School and Publishing Society of 
Boston. He then entered the employ of the Carter Ink Co. 
with which concern he was connected until 1906. For the 
past two years he has been with the De Fi Manufacturing Co. 
of New York. 

He was married at Hartford, Conn., June 1st, 1902, to Miss 
Jenny Pratt Forbes. They have two children, Harriet 
Hyde, born April 13th, 1903, and Edward Stone, born October 
27th, 1905. 

Warren, Pa. 
HEERMANS. 

Roy Heermans was born at Corning, N. Y., March 13th, 
1874. He is the son of George Heermans, pulp plaster manu- 
facturer, and Harriet Sedgwick Heermans. His early life 
was spent at Corning, New York, where he fitted for college 
at the Corning High School. 

He is a member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. He 
left college during Sophomore year for the purpose of entering 
business. 

After a few years at Rochester, N. Y., he went to Warren, 
Pa., where he has since been carrying on the work of expert 
accountant. 

He was married September 14th, 1904, at Warren, to Miss 
Alice Russell. 

5 Gurney, Ct., Newport, R. I. 
HINES. 

Ernest Jasper Hines spent the first year of our college 
course with us, but was then obliged to give up study for a 
time on account of failing eyesight. He has since taken an 
engineering course and is at present practicing his profession 
of engineer at Newport. Through strenuous effort the Sec- 
retary was able to get a brief line from him last May, but 
has secured no repetition of the event. The news contained 
in that missive is embraced in the following quotation, 

"In answer to your questions of statistics I will say that 
I was married in July, 1898. I have no children. I have 
no honors, titles or degrees. My occupation is that of an 
engineer. 

"Any other letters that you may be pleased to write I 
will answer promptly. Yours truly, 

Ernest J. Hines. " 



ROLL OF THE CLASS. 75 

51 Central Ave., Hackensack, N. J. 
HOLT. 

Everett DeForest Holt was born at Stamford, Conn., on 
the 18th day of Februarj'-, 1873. He is the son of Nelson 
Kelsey Holt, a teacher, and Jane DeForest June Holt. His 
early life was spent at Bennington and Brandon, Vt., and at 
Stamford, Conn. He was educated at the public schools 
of the latter city, being graduated from the high school in 1893. 

He entered college with us that fall and was graduated with 
the degree of A. B. 

He has been following the profession of teacher since 
graduation. His work includes a year at Northfield, Minn., 
four years as Principal of the Litchfield schools, one year, 
1904^ '05, as teacher of Latin and Greek at Morris Academy, 
Morristown, N. J., in the same department at Dr. Holbrook's 
School in Ossining last year and as teacher of Latin and 
English in the Hackensack High School to date. 

"I have recently invented and taken out a patent on a 
moveable copy holder to improve penmanship. I am now 
seeking to place this on the market. 

"During the summer of 1902 I made, unaccompanied, a 
bicycle tour of 1,600 miles through Great Britain, making 
a study of the English people and the cathedrals. The notes 
which I took may form the basis of a work on England. The 
summer of 1903 I made a similar study of the French and 
Swiss. 

"I am at present writing stories and plays in addition to 
my regular work. 

" As will be seen I haven't set the world on fire by any means, 
although I am ambitious to do so. " 

180 Madison Ave., Flushing, N. Y. 
HOOD. 

Edward Clark Hood was born at Fergus Falls, Minn, on 
the 10th of March, 1874. He is the son of the Rev. George 
A. Hood, a Congregational minister, and Mary E. Clark Hood. 
His early life was spent chiefly in Newton and he prepared 
for college at the Newton High School. 

He is a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. 
He took the second Thompson Latin Prize third year and was 
on the Lit Board and the Class Photograph Committee Senior 
year. He was graduated with the degree of A. B. 

For four years after leaving college he was teacher of biology 
and geology in the Colorado Springs High School. He then 



76 ROLL OF THE CLASS. 

took a graduate course in biology at Columbia for two years, 
receiving his degree of M. A. in June 1903. He taught in the 
Morris High School, Bronx, until 1906, and has since been 
instructor in biology at the Flushing High School. 

He was married at Newton, in 1903, to Miss Mabel R. Eddy. 
They have one son, Donald, born September 26th, 1905. 

287 Fourth Ave., New York. 
ROWLAND, K. V. S. 

Karl Van Schaack Howland was born at Kinderhook, N. Y., 
October 1st, 1874. He is the son of William B. Howland, 
treasurer of the Outlook Co. and Ella May Jacobs Howland. 
His early life was spent at Chatham, N. Y., Medford, Cam- 
bridge and Montclair, N. J. He prepared for college at 
Montclair Military Academy. 

He is a member of the Chi Psi Fraternity. He was Platoon 
Captain for four years, treasurer of the Golf Club Junior 
year and vice gym captain Senior year. He was a member 
of the Banjo Club throughout his course and its leader fourth 
year. He was graduated with the degree of B. S. 

Since leaving college he has been constantly connected with 
the Outlook Co., at first in the advertising department, then 
as Western Manager with offices in Chicago and at present 
its secretary. He is also director and treasurer of the Breeze 
Hill Farms Co. 

1 Madison Ave., New York. 
HOWLAND, W. C. 

William Carpenter Howland was born at Dindigul, India, 
November 20th, 1874. He is the son of William Southworth 
Howland, missionary, and Mary Louise Carpenter Howland. 
His early life was spent in Auburndale, New London and 
Monson, where he attended the public schools, fitting for 
college at the Buckley High School, New London, and St. 
Johnsbury Academy, Vt. 

He is a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. During his 
college course he reported for the Boston and New York 
papers. He left college at the end of Junior year. 

He gives as his occupations the two rather comprehensive 
terms, "Advertising and Farming." It is known further 
that he has done some newspaper work and is interested in 
the Saskatchewan Mutual Development Co. This company 
owns two Canadian Wheat farms, the Souris Valley and the 
Moose Jaw, aggregating 5,600 acres, and located in the rich 



ROLL OF THE CLASS. 77 

wheat belt at Estevan, Canada. He is president of this 
company and divides his time between Canada and New 
York. In a letter last spring, from New York, he says, "Just 
time before I leave. In your April "Wake-up" you give 
my address. In the May issue you say you have not 
located me. In the June issue you will probably have me 
extinct altogether. Well, here I am and hope to get back to 
Amherst if my chauffeur can get me there. Sincerely, 

W. C. Rowland." 

"P. S. I am a simple farmer if anyone wants to know 
my occupation: living six months in Canadian Northwest 
and six months in New York — when I'm not elsewhere." 

1 Chelsea Sq., New York. 
HUNT. 

Arthur Prince Hunt was born at Springfield on the 5th 
day of August, 1874. He is the son of George Hunt and 
Eleanora Prince Hunt. His early education was received 
at the public schools of Springfield and Troy and he was 
prepared for college at Albany Academy. 

He is a member of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity and of Phi 
Beta Kappa. He was the holder of the first prize in the 
Freshman Kellogg Prize Speaking, the third Sophomore 
Latin Prize and the Hutchins Greek Prize. Senior year he 
was president of Phi Beta Kappa, vice-president of the Class, 
Class Orator, on the Hardy Prize Debate and winner of the 
prize for the best Commencement Stage Oration and the Wood's 
good boy prize. He was graduated with the degree of B. A. 
and secured his M. A. from Amherst in 1901. 

After leaving college he entered the General Theological 
Seminary of New York from which he received the degree of 
B. D. in 1900. He was canon of All Saints Church, Albany, 
until 1904, when he spent a year at Oxford in the study of 
Ethics. He has since been pursuing the study of Ethics, 
Philosophy and Sociology at Columbia toward the attainment 
of the degree of Ph. D. For the past three years he has been 
instructor in Ethics at the General Theological Seminary 
which is his present work. 

Tucson, Ariz. 
HYDE. 

Oliver Thompson Hyde was born at Ellington, Conn., 
August 4th, 1875. He is the son of Arthur A. Hyde, retired. 



78 ROLL OF THE CLASS. 

and Louisa Bird Hyde. His early life was spent at Ellington, 
Conn. He was prepared for college at the Rockville High 
School and by private instruction. 

He is a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. He was on the 
Mandolin Club second, third and fourth years and the Banjo 
Club Junior and Senior years. He was graduated with the 
degree of B. S. 

He then studied at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, 
Columbia University, where he received the degree of M. D. 
in '01. 

He was then Interne at Bellevue Hospital for two years. 
The following two years he spent at the University of Berlin 
and Vienna. In 1905 he took up the practice of medicine 
in Des Moines. He was Clinical Professor of Medicine in the 
Drake Medical School and visiting physician to the Methodist 
Hospital of Des Moines. He is Medical Referee for the Mutual 
Life Insurance Co. of New York for the State of Iowa, as well 
as Chief Examiner for a number of other companies. He 
has also been appointed instructor of Clinical Pathology at 
Drake University and Medical Lecturer to the Methodist 
Training School for Nurses. While abroad he published 
a German Arbeit at Berlin University and has written medical 
articles for the professional press in this country. He is a 
member of the Bellevue Hospital Alumni Society of New York, 
the Iowa Pathological Society and the Polk County Medical 
Society. 

For the past year he has been a wanderer in the great 
Southwest afflicted with tuberculosis of the lungs. In a 
recent letter from "Oty" he says, "Was mighty sorry that 
I missed seeing you all at Amherst last spring, but you know 
the impossibility of my being there. Have a pretty bad 
involvement of mj^^ lungs. At present all cleared up but a 
patch in right upper, good fibrosis of all other afflicted areas. 
It is a bit rough but find many medical companions out here 
in the same boat. I think I shall stay in Tucson, Ariz., for 
a while and after a bit practice there for a few years at least. 
Should be mighty glad to get a note from you as to what 
you are doing, etc., when you have time. 

Your class-mate, 

Oliver T. Hyde. " 

44 Court St., Brooklyn. 
INGERSOLL. 

Raymond Vail Ingersoll was born at Corning, New York, 
April 31st, 1875. He is the son of Andrew J. Ingersoll, 



ROLL OF THE CLASS. 79 

head of Pinewood Sanitorium, and Ellen S. Vail Ingersoll. 
His early life was spent at Corning, N. Y., where he attended 
the primary and grammar schools, fitting for college at the 
Corning Free Academy. 

He is a member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity and of 
Phi Beta Kappa. He secured the second German prize 
Freshman year, was a member of the Olio Board Junior year, 
Class Poet and on the Hyde Fifteen fourth year. He was 
graduated with the degree of B. A. 

He studied law at the New York Law School receiving the 
degree of LL. B. in 1900. Previous to his legal study he 
taught one year in the English department of the Central 
High School, Duluth, Minn. During the summers of '98. 
'99 and 1900 he was agent for Rand, McNally & Co., School 
Supplies, in Michigan and Minnesota. From 1900 to 1902 he 
was in charge of Maxwell House, a well known Social Settle- 
ment in New York. In 1901 he served as city magistrate for 
the period of six months. For the past year he has been 
counsel to the Registrar of King's County, since 1900 he has 
been actively engaged in the practice of law. 

His engagement to Miss Marian A. Crary of Warren, Pa., 
was announced last August, a little too late for congratulations 
at the Decennial. The parties of both the first and second 
parts were there, however, and there were rumors. 

515 Franklin Ave. W., Minneapolis, Minn. 
JACKSON. 

Jerome Paul Jackson was born at Southbridge, Mass., 
December 10th, 1875. His father was the Rev. George Anson 
Jackson, Congregational clergyman, and his mother was Belle 
Donald Jackson. At the age of two he moved to Swampscott, 
where he received his early education. He was graduated 
from the Salem High School in 1893. During the year 1883 
he attended a private school in Bonn, Germany, and received 
private instruction from a tutor at Wiesbaden. 

He is a member of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity. He 
took part in the indoor athletic contest second and third 
years. He was graduated with the degree of B. A. 

He then studied at M. I. T. for two years receiving the 
degree of B. S. in architecture. In '99 he entered the office 
of Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge of Boston, with which firm he 
has been identified ever since. His first notable work was 
the remodeling of the chancel of Trinity Church in 1900. 
In 1902, '03 and '04 he had charge of the department of 
architecture and architectural drawing in the night school 



80 ROLL OF THE CLASS. 

of the Boston Y. M. C. A. The years '04 and '05 he spent 
in New York superintending the construction of the Rock- 
feller Institution for Medical Research. The following 
year he was in charge of the remodeling of the Hampden 
County Hall of Records at Springfield. This year his firm 
has placed him in charge of their office in Minneapolis, where 
he is superintendent of construction on the new Plymouth 
Congregational Church. 

He was married June 9th, 1906, at Marblehead to Miss 
Mary Susan Goldthwait, M, A. They have one son, 
Goldthwait Jackson, born July 21st, 1907. 

"Jack" was for years one of Swampscott's most loyal citizens 
interested in the development of the town and serving as 
Park Commissioner for two terms and as chairman of the 
board of Commissioners from '01 to '05. 



Died, March 31st, 1898. 
JOHNSON. 

John Cuthbert Johnson's early life was spent in Boston, 
where he was fitted for Amherst. The struggle for existence 
amid stern surroundings, combined with a naturally feeble 
bodily physique, left him at the time of entering college with 
a scant supply of reserve strength. This he exhausted in 
his successful effort to gain his collegiate degree of B. A. 

The little village of Weymouth provided a setting for the 
final chapter in that story of the heroic struggle of a sturdy 
spirit with progressive physical decline. Here, as teacher^ 
in the high school, Johnson blazed out the few short marches 
of that trail which so soon lost itself in mystery. Here he 
was buried, and four of his classmates, E. T. Esty, Boynton, 
Bragg and Emerson mourned him to the grave. His gentle, 
devoted life received a high tribute of affectionate appreciation 
from many warm friends he had made during his brief work 
in Weymouth. Professor Frink once wrote of him, ''His 
splendid tenacity of purpose and pluck won for him the 
admiration of all who knew him." The pathos of his life 
is summed up in his dying words, ''Dum spiro, spero. " 

Through the efforts of Obear a small fund was collected 
from the Class and added to a similar amount provided by 
his Weymouth friends for the erection of a suitable stone to 
mark the lonely grave of our classmate. 




John Cuthbert Johnson 



ROLL OF THE CLASS. 81 

232 Park Ave., Chicago. 
JOHNSTON. 

John Andrew Johnston was born at Chicago, May 30th, 
1874. He is the son of William M. Johnston, lawyer, and 
Lizzie Saunders Johnston. His early education was received 
at the Brown Grammar School, the Chicago Manual Training 
School and the Ann Arbor High School, where he was fitted 
for Amherst. 

He is a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. 
He was on the Class Baseball Team and the 'Varsity second, 
third and fourth years. He was a member of the Mandolin 
and Cotillon Clubs Junior and Senior years and was one of 
the Hardy Prize Debaters and on the Senior Prom. Committee. 
He was graduated with the degree of B. S. 

For the following two years he was in the contract depart- 
ment of the Chicago Telephone Co. In 1899 he was made 
treasurer of the Peerless Manufacturing and Plating Co. of 
Chicago, metal finishers. The next year he accepted a position 
with the Envelope Department of the Paper Mills Co., organ- 
ized by the paper dealers of Chicago. From 1901 to the 
present time he has been Sales Manager of the Chicago Divi- 
sion of the Samuel Cupples Envelope Co. 

A serious illness with typhoid in 1904 incapacitated him 
for work for several months and left him somewhat crippled 
but still able to put in a fairly husky appearance at the 
Decennial last June. 

Hartley Hall, W. 115th St., New York. 
KEEP. 

Austin Baxter Keep was born at Bloomfield, N. J., Novem- 
ber 13th, 1875. He is the son of John Haskell Keep, expert 
accountant, and Isabella Halstead Dickinson Keep. His early 
life was spent at Bloomfield, East Orange, N. J., and Norwich, 
Conn. He was fitted for college at the Broadway Grammar 
School of Norwich and at the Norwich Free Academy. 

He is a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. He was on the 
Class Cider Team second year, received the Hogan Prize 
in English third year and was on the Student Board third 
and fourth years. Senior year he was a member of the Senior 
Dramatics cast and was also on the Photograph and Presenta- 
tion Committees. He was graduated with the degree of A. B. 
He received the degree of M. A. from Amherst in 1901. 

For a year after leaving college he was tutor in college 
preparatory studies at Goshen, N. Y. For four years he 



82 ROLL OF THE CLASS. 

taught history, Latin and EngHsh at the Adelphi Academy 
and College of Brooklyn. 1902 to 1904 he spent as graduate 
student at Columbia University doing some tutoring and 
lecturing at the same time. During this time he took a course 
with the Faculty of Political Science in history, economics 
and public law. He was associate editor of the ''Minutes 
of the Common Council of the city of New York from 1675 
to 1776." For the following two years he was engaged in 
research work, writing by the direction of its Board of Trustees 
the "History of the New York Society Library" from 1754, 
the date of its foundation, to the present time. He has also 
been engaged in some editorial work, lecturing and teaching 
in the evening schools and in completing a Ph. D. disserta- 
tion on the "Library in Colonial New York." 

He has published in collaboration "Minutes of the Common 
Council of the City of New York, 1675 to 1776," eight volumes, 
and has in press "History of the New York Society Library, 
founded A. D. 1754" and the " Library'in Colonial New York." 
In 1902 he received a University Scholarship in American 
History at Columbia which was renewed in 1903. 

"Though living a deal in the past of Old New York, I have 
come out of it happily each time Ninety-seven has renewed 
its youth with Father Knickerbocker, and once I have feasted 
with the class at the Hub: while I have been in Amherst 
each Commencement since '97 along with the Estys and 
Burrage and perhaps Kidder and Secretary Emmie. That 
makes twelve Alumni Free Dinners, counting that of '96 
when Bob Esty, Stubby Crawford and I represented the 
freedom of the press in the Gym, with the connivance of G. 
Henry Whitcomb and "Old Doc." Gastronomically, I 
have been a trench-ant success." 

15 Audrey Ave., Mt. Vernon, N. Y. 
KELLOGG. 

Raymond Nelson Kellogg was born at Holyoke, August 
4th, 1875. His father is John E. Kellogg, furniture dealer, 
and his mother Clare Louise Smith Kellogg. His early life 
was spent in Holyoke where he attended the grammar schools 
and was graduated from the high school in '93. 

He is a member of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. He was 
on the Kellogg Fifteen first and second years and the Five, 
Sophomore year, from which he resigned. He was a member 
of the Class Baseball Team and the 'Varsity second, third and 
fourth years. He was on the Olio Board and the Junior Prom- 
enade Committee. He was graduated with the degree of A. B. 



ROLL OF THE CLASS. 83 

For three years after leaving college he taught public 
speaking at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Preparatory School 
and then one year at Tome Institute. The years 1900 to '03 
he spent at the New York Law School, being admitted to 
the New York bar in 1903. He then returned to the Brooklyn 
Polytechnic for a year and since 1904 has been teaching at the 
Morris High School, New York City. 

He was married at Brooklyn, December 26th, 1900, to 
Miss Evelyn Haigh. They have one son, Raymond Nelson, 
Jr., born Nov. 15th, 1901. 

D. F. Walker Building, Salt Lake City, Utah. 
KENNEDY. 

David Kennedy was born at Kingston, New York, March 
10th, 1874. His father was David Kennedy, M. D., retired 
from active practice in 1880, and his mother was Eliza Belle 
Gilbert Kennedy. His early education was received at private 
schools and Kingston Academy. He fitted for Amherst 
at Williston Seminary and Worcester Academy. 

He is a member of the Chi Psi Fraternity. He was on the 
Athletic Team first and second years, the Kellogg Five second 
year, a member of the Senior Dramatics cast and on the Hyde 
Fifteen fourth year. He was graduated with the degree of 
B. S. 

He read law for a year in New York and for the following 
two years at Elizabethtown, N. J., being admitted to the ber 
in 1900. Since that date he has been continuously at Salt 
Lake City. He is engaged in ore buying under the firm name 
of Kennedy Bros., in the developing of mining properties. 
He is treasurer and general manager of the Lincoln Mining Co., 
managing director of the Boston Mining and Reduction Co., 
vice-president of the Dr. David Kennedy Sons Co., and vice- 
president of the Caleura Co. The two latter are of Kingston, 
New York. 

Amherst, Mass. 
KIDDER. 

Harry Wei ton Kidder was born at Northampton, Mass., 
August 15th, 1871. His father is Myron Luke Kidder, maker 
of musical instruments, and his mother Mary Georgianna 
Humphrey Kidder. His early life was spent in Northampton 
where he attended the public schools, graduating from the 
high school in 1899. 



84 ROLL OF THE CLASS. 

He is a member of the Theta Delta Chi Fraternity and of 
Phi Beta Kappa. He was on the Banjo and MandoUn Clubs, 
first, second and fourth years and was chairman of the Music 
Committee Senior year. He was on the Class Concert Com- 
mittee Freshman year. He won the Ladd Oration Prize 
Junior year. He accompanied the class on their trip to 
England in 1894. He was also a member of the College String 
Quartet for four years, with Chase '96, Hunt '97, and "Nungy. " 
He was graduated with the degree of B. A. 

He spent the following year in study at the Yale Divinity 
School. He was then appointed paying teller of the North- 
ampton National Bank, a position which he held for two years. 
In 1900 he was made assistant to the treasurer of Amherst 
College which work has occupied him since that date. 

He was married May 2nd, 1899, at Waterville, Conn., 
to Miss Mary Holbrook Bingham. They have one daughter, 
Elizabeth Kidder, born March 25th, 1904. 

"Since coming back to Amherst have been plugging away 
here, been at Pratt Cottage two years and as a side show have 
been interested in music in general and the orchestral side 
of our oratorio productions. Have been concert master of 
the orchestra since its formation about six years ago and in 
fact "Nungy" and I started the orchestra." 

The Burlington, Washington. 
KIMBALL. 

Arthur Herbert Kimball was born in Washington the 13th 
of March 1875. He is the son of Justice Kimball of the 
Police Court of the District of Columbia, and Anna L. Ferris 
Kimball. His early education was received at the primary, 
grammar and high schools in Washington. 

He is a member of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity. He was 
Class Gym. pianist all four years in college; he was assistant 
monitor first year and a member of the Cap and Gown Com- 
mittee Senior year. He was graduated with the degree of 
B. S. and took his M. A. degree in 1903. 

After leaving college he studied medicine at Johns Hopkins 
for two years, then going to the University of Freiburg, 
Germany, for a year. He was graduated from Johns Hopkins 
with the degree of M. D. in 1902. He was Resident Physician 
at the Baltimore Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital the following 
year. Since 1903 he has been engaged in the practice of 
medicine in Washington, specializing in eye, ear and throat 
work. He is Ophthalmologist to the Government Hospital 




LAZA.RUS K. KUCHUKOFF 



ROLL OF THE CLASS. 85 

for the Insane and assistant Ophthalmologist to the Episcopal 
Eye and Ear Hospital of Washington. 

He was married September 14th, 1905, at Hingham, Mass., 
to Miss Helena M. Kimball. They have one daughter, Ruth 
Howland, born August 22nd, 1906. 



Died, May 23rd, 1899. 
KUCHUKOFF. 

Lazarus Konstantine Kuchukoff was born at Bansko, 
Macedonia, April 24th, 1869. He was the son of Konstantine 
Kuchukoff, deceased, a carpenter by trade. He was fitted 
for college at the Fredonia Normal School. 

Coming among us an alien, with scant knowledge of our 
customs and tongue, Kuchukoff by his earnestness, industry 
and devotion earned for himself a warm spot in the heart of 
every '97 man before our first college year was over. We can 
little appreciate the hardships of his life in America which 
included stern poverty, unremitting toil and none too many 
kindly faces and helping hands along the road. Yet is there 
a man of us who remembers anything about old Kutch better 
than his cheerful greeting and his ready smile? Rough hewn 
from a country we are pleased to consider far behind ours in 
civilized progress, he entered the fight with us Freshman year 
and won his spurs with the best of us, and that through trials 
that entitle him in addition to his Baccalaureus in Arbitus, 
the nobler degree of Christian Gentleman conferred from the 
heart by his classmates. 

Faithful to his purpose of entering the ministry he went 
from Amherst to Ijnion Theological Seminary where hard 
work and too few of the comforts of life exhausted his physical 
resources and he fell a victim to consumption. He died at 
St. Luke's Hospital, May 23rd, 1907, alone and in a stranger's 
country, but not unmourned by every member of his college 
class. 

The following letter written to our first annual dinner in 
New York well reveals his hopeful and devoted spirit. 

Union Seminary, New York, 
Gentlemen of the Committee: — 

I consider it a great misfortune to be compelled by an 
unfavorable juncture of circumstances to stay away from the 
first reunion of '97, and to miss so great si pleasure as is sure 
to result from our seeing each other. Believe me, it is no 



86 ROLL OF THE CLASS. 

"bluff." I cannot promise you a letter as I am not very 
well and now is just the time when the final examinations 
make it "hot" for us, especially in that old Hebrew. Alas! 
the chief occupation for Juniors here is grinding Hebrew, 
an unprofitable business withal. But the divines insist on 
having it, and that settles the whole issue. With my sincerest 
wishes for your best success and pleasantest time at the reunion 
I am. Yours in '97, 

Lazarus Constantine Kuchukofp. 



Prescott, Ariz. 
LAMSON. 

Richard Lamson was born at Worcester on the 3rd of April, 
1877. He is the son of Charles M. Lamson, clergyman, and 
Helena Bridgman Lamson. His early life was spent at 
Worcester, St. Johnsbury, Vt., and Hartford, Conn. He 
was fitted for college at the St. Johnsbury Academy. 

He is a member of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity. He played 
on the Class Base-ball Team for two years and on the 'Varsity 
and was on the Glee Club Freshman and Sophomore years. 
He was unable to return to college Junior year on account of 
failing health which obliged him to seek the higher altitudes 
of Colorado. He finished his collegiate course at Colorado 
College receiving the degree of B. A. in 1898. 

He studied at the University of Colorado Law School from 
which he was graduated in 1901. He then spent a year at 
Colorado Springs in the practice of his profession associated 
with Robert Kerr, Esq. For the following three years he 
was a miner in Arizona and since 1905 he has again taken 
up the practice of the law in the office of Reese M. Ling at 
Prescott. 

704 Exchange Building, Boston. 
LANE. 

Herbert Trumbull Lane was born at Newton Center, Mass., 
August 9th, 1875. He is the son of Charles E. Lane, engaged 
in the fire insurance business, and Eliza Trumbull Lane. 
His early education was received at the Newton primary, 
grammar and high schools. He was prepared for college 
at Cutler's Preparatory School of Newton. 

He is a member of the Theta Delta Chi Fraternity and was 
graduated with the degree of A. B. 



ROLL OF THE CLASS. 87 

He then took a three years course at the Boston University 
Law School from which he was graduated with the degree of 
LL. B. He has practiced law in Boston since graduating 
from the Law School, having been admitted to the bar in 1902. 

He was married at Newton Center June 19th, 1901, to Miss 
Mabel A. Foster. 

He assisted in the preparation of "A Manual of the Law 
of Wills, " by George F. Tucker and " An Index to the Revised 
Laws of Massachusetts, " by Charles N. Harris. 

Fairhaven. 
LYMAN. 

Frederick Burnham Lyman was born at Watertown, Feb. 11, 
1871. He is the son of William H. Lyman, wholesale and 
retail provision dealer, and Caroline Burnham Lyman. His 
early life was spent in Watertown where he attended the 
public schools, fitting for college at Phillips Exeter Academy, 
where he had the honor of being orator of his Class. 

He is a member of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. During 
his Freshman year he received honorable mention for work 
in mathematics and took a prize for oration in Professor 
Frink's course. He served on several minor committees 
especially in connection with Y. M. C. A. work. He was 
graduated with the degree of B. A. 

He then pursued the study of theology at the Hartford 
Seminary from which he received the degree of B. D. in 1900. 
He has been pastor of the First Congregational Church of 
Fairhaven continuously for the past seven years. He is a 
trustee of the Millicent Library at Fairhaven, scribe of the 
Old Colony Ministerial Association and vice-president of 
the New Bedford Ministerial Union. 

He was married at Sunderland, July 16th, 1900, to Miss 
Lillian Exine Smith. 

Leicester. 
McFARLAND. 

Raymond McFarland was born at Lamoine, Maine, April 
15th, 1872. He is the son of Daniel Young McFarland, 
farmer, and Harriet Brooks McFarland. His early education 
was received at the Lamoine public schools and he was fitted 
for college at the East Methodist Conference Seminary, 
Bucksport, Maine. 

He is a member of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. During 
his college course he secured the Armstrong Prize and the 



88 ROLL OF THE CLASS. 

Law Latin Prize. He was a Hardy Prize Debater Senior 
year and held the College Rope-climb Record. He was a 
member of the College orchestra Junior and Senior years and 
. was graduated with the degree of B. A. 

For the first two years out of college he was Superintendent 
of Schools and Principal at Lamoine. For the following year 
he was assistant at the East Methodist Conference Seminary, 
Bucksport, Maine. He went from there to the assistantship 
in Pinkerton Academy, Derry, N. H. From 1901 to '02 he 
did post-graduate work in history at Yale University, securing 
the degree of M. A. He was then assistant at the State Nor- 
mal School in Castleton, Vt. for a year; and since 1903 has 
been principal of Leicester Academy. For the past three 
years he has acted as collaborator for the Carnegie Institution 
at Washington, and has published a work entitled, "History 
of New England Fisheries. " 

He was married April, 1899, at Lamoine to Miss Addie A. 
Clark who died in March, 1901. He was married a second 
time, June 29th, 1904, at Leicester to Miss Mary Elizabeth 
Bacon. They have a daughter, born Christmas day, 1907, 
Hannah Elizabeth. 

Leicester Academy is one of the few survivals in Massachu- 
setts of the old academic system of preparatory schools which 
antedates the public high schools and private fitting schools 
of the state. It has had an honorable career of considerably 
over one hundred years duration. 

306 Fulton St., Brooklyn. 
McEVOY. 

Thomas Jefferson McEvoy was born at Cortland, N. Y., 
Jan. 28th, 1868. He is the son of Thomas McEvoy, cooper 
and farmer, and Ellen Langford McEvoy. His early education 
was received at the Cortland public schools. He was fitted 
for college at the Normal School of that town from which he 
was graduated in 1889. He taught for four years before 
entering Amherst in '93. 

He is a member of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity. He 
was on the Kellogg Five Freshman year and secured a Fresh- 
man Essay Prize, and an Armstrong Prize Senior year. He 
took the prize in the Hardy Debate and was Class Ivy Orator. 
He was graduated with the degree of A. B. He also secured 
his A. M. from Amherst in 1901 in pedagogy. 

The winters of 1903 and 1904 he spent in the study of 
philosophy in the Catholic University of America in Washing- 
ton. From 1904 to 1906 he studied at the St. Lawrence 



ROLL OF THE CLASS. 89 

University Law School, receiving his degree of LL. M. from 
that institution at the close of his course. He was in charge 
of the Training School of practice of the Cortland Normal 
School from '97 to 1900. He then taught in the New York 
City Grammar School for three years, and again for two 
years from '04 to '06. In 1900 he established the McEvoy 
School of Pedagogy in Brooklyn. This institution has been 
claiming more and more of his time until in November 1906 
he was forced to give up all other work and devote himself 
exclusively to its development. 

He has published two articles this year, 1907, the first 
entitled, " The Science of Education " and the second " Epitome 
of History and Principles of Education. " He is an instructor 
in the State Teachers' Institution. 

"The personal benefit coming from meeting the fellows 
at our annual reunions leads me to thank God because I 
was graduated from Amherst College. I offer special thanks 
for being in '97." Tom still holds his unbroken record of 
attendance at all Class reunions and banquets in which he 
has no competitor. 

"I have filled the blanks for you, and am returning the 
paper to-day. For myself I am pleased to send you the 
facts, although I feel that there is nothing unusual in what 
I have accomplished. Life is agreeable but it begins to look 
tame compared with the ideals I had ten years ago." 

18 Bowdoin St., Cambridge. 
MANSFIELD. 

George Rogers Mansfield was born at Gloucester, August 
30th, 1875. His father is Alfred Mansfield, formerly engaged 
in the fish and grocery business, and his mother Sarah Jane 
Hubbard Mansfield. His early education was received at 
private, primary and the Collins Grammar School of Gloucester. 
He was fitted for college at the Gloucester High School. He 
entered the Massachusetts Agricultural College in '93, joining 
our Class Sophomore year. 

He is a member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. He 
was instrumental in securing the third year German course 
not offered at that time in the regular curriculum. He was 
graduated with the degree of B. S. and also received the 
degree of M. A. from Amherst in 1901. 

He took post-graduate work at the Case School of Applied 
Science in Cleveland, Ohio, in '02 and '03, studying surveying, 
drawing and mineralogy. He also took courses in geology and 
geography at the Harvard Summer School during the sum- 



90 ROLL OF THE CLASS. 

mers of '01, '03 and '04. He did further work in geology 
at Harvard University from 1903 to 1906, receiving the 
degree of A. M. from Harvard in 1904, and that of Ph. D. 
from Harvard in 1906. 

For the first two years after leaving college he was teacher 
of physics and physical geography at the Central High School 
of Cleveland, and for the following three years was head of 
the same department. In 1906 he was appointed instructor 
in geology at Harvard University, a position he still occupies. 
He gives courses in advanced field geolog}^ 

He has published several geology papers issued as bulletins 
of the Museum of Comp. Zoology at Cambridge, and also 
in the Journal of Geology of Chicago. Besides these articles 
he has other papers on geological subjects in preparation. 
In 1904 he received the Whitney Scholarship in field geology. 
The same year he also received the Austin Teaching 
Fellowship in the same subject. In addition to his other 
work he has given courses in geology at the Harvard Summer 
School. 

He was married August 18th, 1903, at Cleveland to Miss 
Adelaide Claflin. They have two sons, Harvey Claflin, born 
March 3rd, 1905, and James Scott, born July 16th, 1906. 

"The past summer (1907) I conducted ten students from 
Harvard Summer School in field work in the Bridge Range 
and Crazy Mountains of Montana. The party had two 
double teams, two teamsters and a cook, and tramped more 
than four hundred miles among the mountains. Two small 
glaciers not hitherto described were discovered. After the 
disbanding of the Summer School I worked on the glaciation 
of the Crazy Mountains in connection with Professor Wolff, 
who is preparing a monograph on those mountains. This 
winter in addition to regular college work I expect to give 
lectures on geology to teachers. " 

Canton, Mass, 
MANWELL. 

Augustine Parker Manwell was born at Lawler, Iowa, 
March 10th, 1873. His father was the Rev. Benjamin F. 
Manwell, Congregational clergyman, and his mother Flora 
Parker Manwell. His early life was spent in Lawler, Farm- 
ington, Maine, and Lynn, Mass. His education was received 
at the Lynn primary, grammar and high schools. 

"My athletic and musical records are well known. All 
I need say is that I am a member of the Phi Kappa Psi Fra- 
ternity and was graduated with the degree of A. B. " 



ROLL OF THE CLASS. 91 

After leaving college he studied at the Hartford Theological 
Seminary for three years. He then became pastor of the 
Rockdale Congregational Church of Northbridge where he 
stayed until May 1904, when he became pastor of the Evan- 
gelical Congregational Church of Canton, Mass., which is his 
present work. 

He was married at Lynn Jan. 14th, 1903, to Miss Elizabeth 
F. Huston. They have one daughter, Margaret Goodwin, 
born in Northbridge Jan. 23rd, 1904. 

30 Broad St., New York. 
MAXWELL. 

John Rogers Maxwell, Jr., was born at 70 First Place, 
Brooklyn, on the 6th of July, 1875. His father is John Rogers 
Maxwell, banker and railroad officer, and his mother Maria 
Louise Washburn Maxwell. His early education was received 
at the Brooklyn Latin School and he was fitted for college 
at the Polytechnic Institute. 

He is a member of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity. He 
was on the Athletic Team first and second year, the Olio 
Board third year, the Cotillon Club third and fourth years 
of which he was vice-president Senior year. He was on the 
Class Cider Team second year and the Hyde Fifteen fourth 
year. He was graduated with the degree of B. S. 

He entered the Atlas Cement Co. two weeks after leaving 
college. He was elected assistant treasurer of the Company in 
1898. He was elected assistant treasurer of the Atlas Portland 
Cement Co. July 31st, 1899 and assistant secretary of the 
same company in 1904. The following year he was appointed 
treasurer and assistant secretary of the Hannibal Connecting 
R. R. Co. and the next year was elected to the same office 
in the Northampton & Bath R. R. Co. and also secretary 
of the Atlas Portland Cement Co. 1907 saw him also secretary 
of the Northampton and Bath R. R. Co. and treasurer of the 
Altas Portland Cement Co. 

He was married at Wynnewood, Pa., October 24th, 1903, 
to Miss Lydia Biddle Clothier. They have two sons, John 
Rogers Maxwell, 3rd, born December 27th, 1904, and Morris 
Clothier Maxwell, born April 29th, 1907. 

He was appointed trustee of the Friends School of New 
York City in April, 1907. John makes no allusion to his 
athletic honors won since graduation. They include the 
capture of a safeful of cups borne in triumph from many 
bloody golf courses and naval encounters with the New York 
Yacht Club Squadron. 



92 ROLL OF THE CLASS. 

132 Pearl St., New York. 
MERRIMI. 

Arthur H. Merriam was born at Worcester, Feb. 21st, 1874. 
He is the son of Henry H. Merriam, a manufacturer, and 
Marielle Elizabeth Harlow Merriam. His early life was spent 
at Worcester, where he was educated in the public schools, 
fitting for college at the Worcester High School. 

He is a member of the Theta Delta Chi Fraternity. He 
was business manager of the Olio Board third year, assistant 
manager and manager of the Student Board and on the Senior 
Promenade Committee. He was graduated with the degree 
of B. A. 

After leaving college he spent four years in Springfield 
in publishing work, going from there to New York, where he 
entered the export business, as he himself states it "Being 
my own boss." His letter heads read, "Arthur H. Merriam 
Manufacturers' Export Sales Manager. Cable, Mairrem, 
New York." It is a business he has founded and pushed 
to prosperity through his own efforts. 

When in Springfield he published subscription books and 
is now editing, "The Foreign Buyer, " published in New York. 

He was married Feb. 16th, 1898, at Worcester to Miss 
Alice R. Tucker. They have two children, Gladys Harlow, 
born May 14th, 1902, and Francis Newton, born June 4th, 1905. 

Under appointments and honors received the leading note 
is, "Chief Commissary to a hungry family." 

12 No. 18th St., So. Orange, N. J. 
MERRILL. 

Charles Arthur Merrill was born at Shelburne Falls, Dec. 
15th, 1875. His father was Cordeanio Harley Merrill and 
his mother Helen Maude Howard Merrill. His early education 
was received at the graded schools in Shelburne Falls. He 
was fitted for college at Arms Academy of the same place. 

He is a member of the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. 
He was on the Class Baseball Team, was assistant manager 
and manager of the Baseball Team, on the Banjo Club and 
vice-president of the Triangular League Senior year. He 
was graduated with the degree of B. S. 

For the first two years out of college he was a clerk in the 
office of the National Bank of White River Junction, Vt. 
Since then he has been accountant for the Western Electric Co. 

He was married Feb. 18th, 1905, in Philadelphia, to Miss 
Eleanore Edwards Goucher. 




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Died, May 5th, 1897. 
MESSINGER. 

Ralph Dorrance Messinger was born in Chicago and had 
made that city his home up to the time of entering Amherst. 
He was a loyal and enthusiastic member of our Class, serving 
as manager of the Class Baseball Team Freshman year. 
He was warmly interested in baseball and was Baseball 
Director and on the Benefit Committee for the four years 
of college life. He was Platoon Officer in the Gym 
second, third and fourth years. He was a "member of the 
Chi Phi Fraternity and would have been graduated 
with the degree of B. S. had he been spared to complete 
his course. 

Messinger's death during the spring term of our Senior 
year came as the one dark cloud on the brilliance of our 
college career as a Class. Of a particularly kindly and gentle 
nature, his death was felt sorely not only by those who knew 
him best, but by every member of the Class. Coming as it 
did at the budding season of the year, so typical of our own 
lives soon to step out into the world's sunshine from our 
educational seclusion, the event had a peculiar sadness. 
Messinger's health had not been robust and when he was 
seized in New iTork with a sharp attack of pneumonia his 
physique had not the strength to withstand the strain and 
he passed away after a very brief illness. 



Spencer. 
MONROE. 

Arthur Monroe was born at Spencer, November 25th, 1874. 
He is the son of David B. Monroe, a boot cutter, and Jennie 
May Hobson Monroe. His early education was received at 
Spencer. He was graduated from the David Prouty High 
School, Spencer, in 1893. 

He is a member of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity. He 
received the degree of B. A. at graduation. 

After leaving college he studied at the Harvard Law School 
for two years. He was admitted to the Massachusetts bar 
in 1900, and has practiced since in Worcester. He has made 
his home in Spencer, where he also maintains an office for 
the practice of the law, having extensive legal interests con- 
nected with the large mills of that place. 



94^ ROLL OF THE CLASS. 

18 Compton Ave., Plainfield, N. J. 
MORGAN. 

Everett Lucius Morgan was born at Worcester, October 
8th, 1875. His father was Lucius Brainard Morgan, auditor, 
and his mother Clara Palmer Conant Morgan. His early 
life was spent in Worcester where he attended the grammar 
schools, moving in 1887 to Plainfield. He fitted for college 
at the Plainfield High School. He took a year of post-grad- 
uate work at the high school before entering Amherst. 

He is a member of the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. He 
was on the Class Cider Team second year, the Athletic Team 
four years and the Relay Team third and fourth years. He 
was tied with Bissell for the indoor pole-vault record of ten 
feet, "which I understand, has since been broken." He was 
on the N. E. I. A. A. his second year. He was graduated 
with the degree of B. A. 

In '97 he accepted a position as bookkeeper with the Pond 
Machine Co. of New York which he held for one year, going 
from there to be assistant bookkeeper for the Hatch & Foote 
Co. for six months. Since then he has been cashier and 
accountant for the Niter, Bennett, Pond Co. of New York. 
He says, "My future is somewhat doubtful. I may make 
a change in business, but am not sure. " He does not mention 
the character of the change. 

He was married September 12th, 1901, at Plainfield, N. J., 
to Miss Harriet Isabel King. They have two children, 
Harriet Conant, born September 24th, 1902, and Donald King, 
born August 6th, 1907. 

120 Broadway, New York. 
MORSE, E. C. 

Ernest Chandler Morse was born at Millbury, August 
16th, 1875. He is the son of Chauncey Morse, hardware 
dealer of Putnam, Conn., and Harriet Elizabeth Chandler 
Morse. His early education was received at private schools 
in Millbury, the Putnam Grammar and High schools. 

He is a member of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity. He was 
on the Class Baseball Team and the 'Varsity Team second, 
third and fourth years. He was graduated with the degree 
of B. A. 

He taught L<atin and English at the Holbrook School, 
Ossining, N. Y., for three years, then entering the New 
York Law School from which he was graduated in 1902 with 
the degree of LL. B. He was admitted to the New York 
bar in 1902 and has been practicing since then in New York. 



ROLL OF THE CLASS. 95 

Under honors received he says, "Attended with my wife 
the Decennial Reunion at Amherst in June, 1907. I ask 
for none greater. " 

He is treasurer and member of the Council of the University 
Club of Brooklyn — "and not under bonds either." 

He was married at Brooklyn, N. Y., June 15th, 1905, to 
Miss Clementine Ayer. They have one son. Chandler Morse, 
born March 29th, 1906. 

Y. M. C. A. Building, Lowell, Mass. 
MORSE, W. A. 

William Arthur Morse was born at Northampton, April 
12th, 1873. He is the son of Ranford Morse, an engineer, and 
J. B. Black Morse. His early life was spent at Northampton 
where he attended the public schools and fitted for Amherst 
at the high school. 

He is a member of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity and was 
graduated with the degree of B. A. 

After leaving college he entered Y. M. C. A, work, first at 
Nashua, N. H., and for the last four years at Lowell where 
he now occupies the office of secretary of the local association. 

He was married, October 12th, 1900, to Miss Grace H. 
Cowing of Northampton who died January 30th, 1903. He 
was married a second time on the 11th of February, 1906, 
to Miss Mary Dean. 

4 Lefferts PI. Brooklyn. 
MOSES. 

Henry Monroe Moses was born at Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 
18th, 1875. He is the son of Charles H. Moses and Emma 
Ask Moses. He attended the Brooklyn public schools and 
fitted for college at Pratt Institute and the Brooklyn High 
School. 

He is a member of the Phi Delta Pheta Fraternity. He 
was on the Mandolin Club fourth year and has the distinction 
of possessing the only broken leg captured during '97's quiet 
career. He was graduated with the degree of B. S, and in 
1900 received his M. A. from Amherst. 

The first three years out of college he spent as instructor 
in physics and geometry at the Polytechnic Institute of Brook- 
lyn. He was also instructor in the evening schools of New 
York City for five years. In 1900 he entered the Long Island 
College Hospital where he studied for four years, receiving 
the degree of M. D. in 1904. Since that time he has been 



96 ROLL OF THE CLASS. 

engaged in the practice of medicine in Brooklyn. He was 
Valedictorian of his Class at graduation from the Medical 
School. He received the first appointment on the Resident 
Staff of the hospital. "At present in the college I am 
demonstrator in anatomy, and am instructor in physical 
diagnosis. Have an appointment in the Out-Patient Depart- 
ment of the Long Island Hospital in the department treating 
diseases of the chest. " 

Red Beach, Me. 
NEWTON. 

George Eager Newton was born at Calais, Maine, August 
24th, 1875. His father is Charles H. Newton, a plaster 
manufacturer, and his mother, Elizabeth S. See Newton. 
His early life was spent in Calais where he was educated at 
the public schools spending the last year of his college prepa- 
ration at Black Hall School in Connecticut. 

He is a member of the D. K. E. Fraternity. He was on 
the Banjo Club his second and third years and chairman of 
the Cup Committee. He was graduated with the degree of 
B. S. 

"Since graduation I have continued my father's business, 
that of manufacturing calcined plaster and have also been 
interested in the granite business up to 1904, when we sold 
out." 

He was married September 17th, 1902, at Red Beach to 
Miss Evelyn Agnew. They have had three children, Charlotte 
E., born June 27th, 1903, Charles H., born June 9th, 1905, 
and Richard B., born May 11th, 1907. Their youngest son 
died September 29th, 1907. 

69 Walnut St., Somerville. 
OBEAR. 

William Walter Obear was born at New Castle, Maine, 
Jan. 3rd, 1876. He is the son of the Rev. William Foster 
Obear and Julia Ellen Marble Obear. His early life was 
spent at Winthrop, Maine, and Maiden, where he attended 
the public schools. 

He is a member of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity and of 
Phi Beta Kappa. He was graduated with the degree of A. B. 

Since graduation he has followed the profession of teaching, 
being instructor in science in the Weymouth High School 
for two years, subsequently in the Fitchburg High School 
for five years and for the past two years in the Somerville High. 



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He was married at Susquehanna, Pa., May 3rd, 1904, to 
Miss Elizabeth Jane Epps. They have one daughter, Dorothy 
Blanche, born July 19th, 1905. 

Lackawanna Steel Co., Buffalo. 
PARSONS. 

Arthur Clifford Parsons was born at Enfield, Conn., Nov. 
24th, 1875. He is the son of Harlan P. Parsons, farmer, 
and Celia Farnham Parsons. His early life was spent at 
Enfield where he attended the public schools, fitting for college 
at the Enfield High School. 

He was graduated with the degree of A. B. 

After leaving college he was appointed assistant chemist 
to the Pennsylvania & Reading R. R., a position which he 
occupied for two years. For two months in 1899 he was 
assistant chemist to the National Steel Co., then accepting 
a position as chief chemist to the South Chicago Furnace Co. 
with which concern he remained until 1906. Since that date 
he has been chief chemist to the Lackawanna Steel Co. 

He was married June 24th, 1904, to Miss Martha E. Carr. 

Gloucester. 
PATCH. 

Isaac Patch was born at Gloucester, July 4th, 1875. His 
father was Isaac Patch, interested in the fishing business and 
real estate, and his mother is Hattie W. Lyle Patch. His early 
education was received at the Gloucester public and high 
schools. 

He is a member of the Chi Psi Fraternity. He was Tennis 
Director and President of the Tennis Association his fourth 
year. He was also a member of the Senior Dramatics cast. 
He was graduated with the degree of B. A. 

He then studied at the Harvard Law School for three 
years, receiving the degree of LL. B., being admitted to the 
Massachusetts bar in 1900. His work since that time has 
been in the practice of his profession. 

He was married December 27th, 1901, at La Porte, Ind., 
to Miss Helen M. Andrews. They have one daughter, Helen 
Andrews, born December 10th, 1903. 

For the past six years much of his time has been spent in 
the development of the extensive Patch estate on the outer 
shore of Eastern Point at Gloucester. The tract covers 
about two hundred acres of the most picturesque and desirable 
sites for summer homes along the North Shore. 



98 ROLL OF THE CLASS, 

60 Wall St., New York. 
PERRY. 

Robert Gilbert Perry was born at Putnam, Conn., June 
27th, 1874. He is the son of Franklin White Perry, engaged 
in the hardware business, and Cornelia M. Perry. His early 
education was received at the Putnam public schools at which 
he was fitted for college. 

He is a member of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity. He took 
the Bertram Latin prize Senior year and was on the Committee 
on Committees, the Senior Prom. Committee and the Senior 
Dramatics Cast, also acting as property manager for the latter 
organization. His degree at graduation was that of B. A. 

After a two years' course at the New York Law School 
he received his LL. B. and was admitted to the bar in 1899. 
Since then he has been constantly engaged in the practice 
of the law in New York City. At the Law School he had the 
honor of being elected to the presidency of his class. 

He was married in Brooklyn, January 28th, 1904, to Miss 
Agnes Blanche Hutton. They have one daughter, Janet 
Hutton, born December 10th, 1904. 

2150 Grand Ave., Des Moines, Iowa. 
PRATT. 

Everett Swain Pratt is a member of the Chi Psi Fraternity. 
Owing to poor health he was unable to pursue the entire 
course at Amherst and finished as a special student. 

Since leaving college he has been engaged in business with 
his father's firm, W. J. Pratt & Co., wholesale dealers in paper 
and wooden ware, located at Des Moines. A tardy response 
to the secretary's appeals last spring came with the following 
explanation: "Should have answered your many appeals 
before but on account of a siege in the hospital have neglected 
ever5rthing. " From the receipt of no news this fall it is to 
be feared that there may be some similar cause for Pratt's 
present silence. 

433 West Elm St., Brockton. 
RICHMOND, C. F. 

Charles Franklin Richmond was born at North Bridgewater, 
August 16th, 1873. His father is Lucius Richmond, whole- 
sale dealer in paints and oils, and his mother Ann Maria Pool 
Richmond. His entire life has been spent at Brockton, where 
he was educated at the primary, grammar and high schools. 
He is a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. He joined '97 



ROLL OF THE CLASS. 99 

at the beginning of Sophomore year coming from the Massa- 
chusetts Institute of Technology. During his Senior year 
he was a member of the Committee on Committees and was 
on the Senior Dramatics cast from which he resigned. He 
left college during the spring of Senior year to enter business. 

He has been engaged ever since in the manufacture of shoes, 
being vice-president and secretary of the William L. Douglas 
Co. of Brockton, the largest shoe manufacturers in the world. 
During ex-Governor Douglas' campaign, Charles became a 
political heeler and is in no small measure responsible for 
the success of the election. 

He was married May 28th, 1901, at Brockton to Miss Amy 
Reynolds Douglas. They have two children, William Douglas, 
born June 11th, 1902, and Lucia, born December 17th, 1905. 

Bannigan Building, Providence. 
RICHMOND, G. M. 

Gerald Martin Richmond was born at Providence, R. I., 
Jan. 12th, 1876. He is the son of Walter Richmond, cotton 
manufacturer and printer, retired, and Julia Anthony Rich- 
mond. His early life was spent at Providence where he 
attended the primary schools and the English and Classical 
High Schools. He moved to Worcester in 1890 and fitted for 
college at Worcester Academy, where he was Class Odist and 
Valedictorian of his Class. 

He is a member of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity and of 
Phi Beta Kappa. Sophomore year he took the Armstrong 
Prize. He left college at the end of Junior year and 
entered the class of '99 at the Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology. At Tech he took a course in electrical engineer- 
ing, being graduated in '99 with the degree of B. S. He 
was editor of the "Tech" and " Technique, " and was also 
elected Class Poet. 

Until 1904 he remained in Boston, being associated with 
the firm of Stone & Webster, electrical engineers. For the 
following year he was a member of the firm of the American 
Emery Works, a business established by his brothers in 
Providence, R. I. In 1905 he opened an office of his own 
in Providence, his general interest being in investment 
securities doing at the same time electrical engineering jobs 
on the side. His investment securities are chiefly those of 
the Electrical Railway & Lighting Co. under the manage- 
ment of Messrs. Stone & Webster. 

He is a member of the Providence Board of Trade; he is 
also librarian of the University Club of Providence. He is 



100 ROLL OF THE CLASS. 

a member of the Agawam Hunt Club and the Technology 
Club and is secretary of the Richmond Park Flat Co. He 
published in 1905, "An Electric Railway Map of R. I." 

"I admit I have left a blank under the marriage, wife and 
children questions, but will correct these as soon as may be. 
I doubt though if I may be in a position to fill out the children 
before the date of publication as the tone of your circular 
would indicate haste and I always move in a matter of this 
kind with extreme deliberation. I shall be glad to see the 
result of this canvass. " 

37 Ackroyd Ave., Jamaica, N. Y. 
ROSA. 

Alexander Elting Rosa was born at Milford, Delaware, 
November 21st, 1875. He is the son of John J. Rosa, farmer, 
and Sarah Magdalene Elting Rosa. His early life was spent 
at Milford where he attended the primary and private schools. 
His college preparation was received at Williston Seminary. 

He is a member of the Phi Delta Pheta Fraternity. He 
entered college with '96, joining our Class Junior year and 
leaving during Senior year. He was a member of the 'Varsity 
Football Team for three years, was on the Freshman Base - 
ball team and was Class Foot-ball Director. 

For three years he was connected with the Internal Revenue 
Service in New York. Since that time he has been successively 
chairman, rodman, inspector, chief inspector and now assistant 
engineer on the Pennsylvania tunnels under the East River. 

He was married October 7th, 1903, to Miss Elinor Lydia 
Baldwin. They have one daughter, Marjorie Frances Rosa, 
born November 19th, 1904, "at 5.45 P. M." 

Boston, Lying-in Hospital. 
RUSHMORE. 

Stephen Rushmore was born at Rochester, N. Y., October 
19th, 1875. He is the son of Edward Rushmore, M. D., and 
Clara Sidney Riley Rushmore. His early education was 
received at the Friends School in Plainfield, N. J., and the 
public schools of that place. 

He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. He was 
on the Class Cider Team second year, the Olio Board Junior 
year and was Class Vice-president and Class Historian his 
Senior year. He was graduated with the degree of B. A. 

He then took a four years course at the Johns Hopkins 
Medical School which was interrupted by a year's teaching 



ROLL OF THE CLASS. 101 

in 1900 at the Mitchell Boys' School in Billerica. He received 
his degree of M. D. in 1902 and remained at the Johns Hopkins 
Hospital as Externe in gynecology for a year. In 1904 he 
was house surgeon at the Hudson Street Hospital in New 
York, and the following year home physician at St. Mary's 
Hospital for children. He then spent a year as assistant and 
resident in gynecology at Johns Hopkins and is now Interne 
at the Boston Lying-in Hospital. 

196 Green St., Jamaica Plain. 
SHEA. 

John Francis Shea was with '97 the first two years, leaving 
Junior year to take up the study of medicine. He was a 
member of the Class Baseball Team and of the 'Varsity for 
two years. He was also on the Kellogg Fifteen Sophomore year. 

He received the degree of M. D. from the University of 
New York, June 15th, 1898, and has since been in active 
practice in Jamaica Plain. 

17 Gushing St.,' Cambridge. 
SILVER. 

Frank Randolph Silver was born at South Dennis, Mass., 
November 7th, 1871. His father was Joseph Silver, seaman 
and civil war veteran, and his mother Delphina Silver. His 
early life was spent at South Dennis where he was graduated 
from the primary, grammar and high schools. He left school 
in 1887 and went to work for three years before taking up 
his high school course. 'Il 

He was on the Kellogg Five Freshman year and secured the 
Ladd Prize in oratory Junior year. He was graduated with 
the degree of A. B. In 1902 he secured an A. M. from Amherst. 

After leaving college he took a course at the Harvard Medical 
School which was interrupted by illness, so that his degree 
of M. D. was deferred until 1903. During this time he wrote 
a thesis on the Comparative Etiology of Infectious Diseases 
for which he received his A. M. from Amherst. 

After graduation from the medical school, he took up the 
practice of medicine at Boston for one year, moving from 
there to Winthrop for six months and then settled finally 
in Cambridge, where he has been engaged in practice ever since. 

He is medical examiner for the New York Mutual Life 
Insurance Co., also for the Endowment Rank of the Knights 
of Pythias. He is assistant surgeon with the rank of 1st 
Lieutenant in the 2nd Massachusetts Regiment. 



102 ROLL OF THE CLASS. 

Calgary, Alberta, Canada. 
SULLIVAN. 

Daniel Bartholomew Sullivan was associated with our 
Class through the four years though he was not with us at 
the distribution of sheepskins in '97. He was a member of 
the Class Baseball Team and the 'Varsity for four years. 

After leaving college he studied medicine and opened an 
office for practice in Bondsville. He was soon too busy and 
the strain of his work, entailing long drives into the country 
in all sorts of weather, so shattered his health that he was 
obliged to seek another climate. He chose Canada and 
says, "I have not been sorry. Many T. Bs. are being bene- 
fitted here. In fact, there are over half a dozen people from 
the Old Bay State who are here for their health. I have 
gained twenty-five pounds in weight and am really feeling 
well. If I keep on, 'Mike' Tyler and 'Fatty' Warren will 
be in the feather-weight class in comparison with myself. " 

He was graduated from the Saginaw Medical College in 
1901 and practiced six years in Bondsville, going to Canada 
in 1906. In addition to conducting a medical practice that 
reaches over forty miles of territory, he has an 800-acre ranch 
upon which he is living at present. If he continues to improve 
in health he will be back in the States in about a year. 

He was married on September 8th, 1904, but has refrained 
from saying to whom. 

Princeton, Minn. 
SWERTFAGER. 

George Albert Swertfager was born at Utica, N. Y., April 
6th, 1871. He is the son of Joseph Henry Alonzo Swertfager, 
printer, and Charlotte Cornelia Cheney Swertfager. His 
early education was received at the Utica public schools 
where he was fitted for college. 

He is a member of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity. "Had 
four full years of college life which I enjoyed very much 
without getting drunk or making any very brilliant record 
as a sport; drew a four once or twice, but finished with an 
average of three. Got one of Frinkie's minor book prizes 
for an oration, not for its excellence but for lack of competition, 
was one of the grafters on the class photograph committee 
as well as chairman of the Alumnus Missionary Committee, 
received B. A. degree, cum laude. " 

He was then appointed principal of the Boys' Preparatory 
Department French-Ames College, Springfield, a position 



ROLL OF THE CLASS. 103 

which he occupied for part of the year. In '98 he was con- 
nected with the BrookHne public schools and as evening 
school principal, later in the year acting as sub-master of 
the Portsmouth High School. He then took a three-years 
course at Andover Theological Seminary from which he was 
graduated in 1902. In that year he was appointed assistant 
pastor of the Congregational Church at Rutland, Vt. The 
next year he secured the pastorate of the Congregational 
Church at Morris, 111. His next move was in 1905 to the 
Dodge Center, Minn., Congregational Church where he was 
pastor for one year, going from there in March 1907, to the 
same work in Princeton, Minn. 

"Upon completion in 1887 of my third year in high school, 
I gave up school and went to work in a printing office, spend- 
ing four years in the book and job office of L. Childs & Son, 
Utica, N. Y., and two years on the Utica Daily Observer. 
I became during this time a full fledged printer and a member 
of the printers' union, but never was in any danger of becom- 
ing a socialist or anarchist. It was not till I had been out of 
school over four years that I had any real desire to study any 
more or go to college. Then the college idea took hold of 
me for keeps and I finished my preparation privately. Gar- 
man's course has given me more of a socialistic bent than 
all my contact with trades unions. This is not to knock the 
unions, for with all their faults or abuses, I am a sympathetic 
believer in them. " 

14 Hillside Ave., Winchester. 
SWETT. 

Arthur Harold Swett was born in Boston on the 17th day 
of August, 1875. He is the son of Charles E. Swett, a bank 
teller, and Clementine Keyes Swett. His early life was 
spent in Boston and Winchester and at the latter place he 
attended the public schools, fitting for Amherst at the Win- 
chester High School. 

He is a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. 
He was on the Banjo Club his second, third and fourth years 
and was graduated with the degree of A. B. 

Since leaving college he has been engaged constantly in 
business, for the first six years as manager of the Lowell 
Wire Cloth Co. In 1906 he accepted a position with the Morse 
& Whyte Co. of Boston, and is at present manager for that 
concern. 



104 ROLL OF THE CLASS. 

Dudley. 
THAYER. 

Frederick Daniels Thayer was born at Enfield May 22nd, 
1876. He is the son of Frederick Daniels Thayer, accountant 
and clerk for the Swift Elver Co. of Enfield, and Martha 
Vironne Leonard Thayer. His early life was spent at Enfield 
where he attended the primary and grammar schools. He 
was fitted for college at Monson Academy, being graduated 
with the class of 1893. 

He is a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. He was on the 
Glee Club first year and was manager of the College Coopera- 
tive Store third and fourth years. Senior year he was a 
member of the Cap and Gown Committee and was graduated 
with the degree of B. A. 

He then studied at the Hartford Theological Seminary 
from which he was graduated in 1901. He was ordained 
to the ministry and has since been pastor of the First Congre- 
gational Church at Dudley. 

He has published a pamphlet entitled, "The History of 
Dudley Churches, " issued under the auspices of the Historical 
Society of Southbridge. He is secretary and treasurer of 
the trustees of Nichols Academy at Dudley. 

June 25th, 1902, he was married at Amherst to Miss Elinor 
Wiley. They have two children, Eleanor Wiley, born Jan. 
3rd, 1906, and Frederick Daniels, 2nd, born June 30th, 1907. 

Brazil, Ind. 
TITSWORTH. 

Henry Hopkins Titsworth was born at Westfield on the 
17th day of November, 1875. He is the son of Judson Tits- 
worth, Amherst 70, pastor of the Plymouth Church of Mil- 
waukee, and Julia VanDuzen Titsworth. His early education 
was received at Markham Academy, Milwaukee, and he 
prepared for college at Beloit College Academy. 

He is a member of the Chi Psi Fraternity. He was on the 
Student Board second, third and fourth years; was editor-in- 
chief of both the Student and the Olio, and was chairman 
of the Committee on Committees, the Finance Committee 
and the Nominating Committee. He was graduated with 
the degree of B. A. 

The first year out of college he taught Greek at Black Hall. 
He then entered the school book publishing business in which 
he was interested until 1904. He was at first located in Boston 
with the firm of D. C. Heath & Co., and later went to Chicago 



ROLL OF THE CLASS. 105 

and Minneapolis with Ginn & Co. He then accepted a 
position as Western Manager for the Macmillan Co. with head- 
quarters in Chicago. During the year 1904 he was engaged 
in the insurance business and since that time has been 
president of the Clay Product Co. of Brazil, a flourishing 
concern which he has built up largely through his own 
efforts. 

He was married at Rutland, Vt., April 24, 1900, to Miss 
Frances Sayre Wheeler. 

Kingston, R. I. 
TYLER. 

Marshall Henry Tyler was born at Staffordville, Conn. 
June 12th, 1873. His father was Henry Alvin Tyler, farmer, 
and his mother Marietta Maine Tyler. His early life was 
spent at Windsor Locks, Staffordville, Conn., and Florence, 
Mass., where he was educated at the public schools, fitting 
for college at the Florence High School and Williston 
Seminary. 

He is a member of the Theta Delta Chi Fraternity. " I was a 
member of the Track, Baseball and Football teams for most 
of the four years. Have about forty medals and three 
records won in the College Triangular Intercollegiate Meets, 
football cup awarded Sophomore and Junior years, acting 
captain football eleven Junior year, captain one-half Senior 
year and Kellogg Fifteen Sophomore year." His prizes 
include the college record in the high jump first and third 
years, two prizes in the intercollegiate meets for three years 
and in the triangular league third year. Also a third in the 
shot-put Junior year, and a first in the same event in the 
triangular league third year. He was graduated with the 
degree of B. S. 

His post-graduate study includes three years in '97, '98 
and '99, at the Harvard Summer School and he is at present 
a correspondent student of Chicago University. 

For the first year out of college he was instructor in math- 
ematics at St. Mark's School ; for the following seven years he 
was master of the preparatory school in Rhode Island College. 
A year ago he was appointed Professor of Mathematics at 
the Rhode Island College of A. M. Arts, a position which he 
still holds. 

He was married June 28th, 1899, at Kingston, R. I., to 
Miss Edwina Mabel Richardson. They have two children, 
Henry Edwin, born May 1st, 1901, and Philip Elmer, born 
February 16th, 1907. 



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Lawrenceville, N. J. 
WARREN. 

Arthur Fiske Warren was born at Woburn, Mass., January 
21st, 1875. He is the son of Edson Parker Warren, farmer, 
and Helen Aurelia Fiske Warren. His early life was spent 
at Woburn, Weston, Wellesley Hills and Falmouth where 
he was educated at the primary and grammar schools fitting 
for college at the Lawrence High School, Falmouth, and 
Monson Academy. 

He is a member of the Chi Psi Fraternity. He was on the 
Kellogg Fifteen first and second years and the Kellogg Five. 
He was a member of the Football Team second, third and 
fourth years and its captain Senior year. He was manager 
of the College Cooperative Store third and fourth years. 
During Senior year he was Grove Orator, Chairman of the Cap 
and Gown Committee and was on the Hardy Sixteen. His 
degree at graduation was that of A. B. 

"For four years immediately after graduation I was in 
charge of public speaking at the Riverview Military Academy, 
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and assistant in English. In 1901 and 
1902 in charge of the English and public speaking at the 
William Penn Charter School, Philadelphia, Pa. Since Sep- 
tember, 1902, have been at the Lawrenceville School, Law- 
renceville, N. J., teaching English, and have been Senior Master 
of the Upper House since September, 1904. School teaching 
for ten years does not sound exciting and it isn't at times. 
But the long vacations are good — the life rather alluring — and 
the opportunities for helping a chap, especially in a large 
boarding school and in a house where there are gathered 
together seventy-seven boys, who are to enter college at the 
end of the year, and who come directly under your care, are 
not few. " 

286 Knapp St., Milwaukee. 
WEIL. 

Charles Benjamin Weil was born at Milwaukee, November 
27th, 1874. He is the son of Benjamin Maurice Weil, inter- 
ested in the fire insurance business^ and Sarah Stern Weil. 
His early education was received at Markham Academy and 
the public schools in Milwaukee. He was fitted for college 
at Beloit Academy. 

He is a member of the Chi Psi Fraternity. He was assist- 
ant manager of the Musical Association Junior year and man- 
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chairman of the Class Yell Committee and a member of the 
Senior Dramatics cast fourth year. He was graduated with 
the degree of B. S. . 

For a year after leaving college he was associated with 
Ms father in the fire insurance business. In '98 to '99 he was 
special agent for the Union Insurance Society in London and 
the following three years he spent in Arizona where he was 
obliged to go on account of failing health. While there, he 
was interested in ranching and lived much of the time in a 
tent on the plains. Since 1901 he has been back in Milwaukee 
engaged in the fire insurance and real estate business. He 
has twice been appointed alderman of the city of Milwaukee. 

He has published a book of twelve pages entitled, "How 
to Insure. " 

Riverside, Cal. 
WHIPPLE. 

Henry Whipple was born at Salem, January 28th, 1874. 
He is the son of George M. Whipple, retired, and Elizabeth 
Webb Whipple. His early life was spent in Salem where he 
attended the public schools, fitting for college at Dummer 
Academy and Erasmus Hall Academy. 

He is a member of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity. He was 
Tennis Director of the Class first and second years and a 
member of the Cotillon Club Junior and Senior years. He 
was graduated with the degree of B. A. 

Since leaving college much of his time has been spent in 
California, where he has a large ranch at Riverside, the state's 
most famous garden patch, and has been building up a thriv- 
ing business in orange growing for the eastern market. The 
years '01 to '05 he spent at his home in Salem, pursuing courses 
in music at the New England Conservatory of Music. He 
is an accomplished student of the violin. 

Dunkirk, N. Y. 
WHITTAKER. 

Burtis Erwin Whittaker left college at the close of Freshman 
year. A brief word was received from him at the time of the 
Decennial stating that his limited connection with '97 had 
left him with so much the feeling of an alien that he did not 
care to keep up the connection. He counts in the Trophy 
competition but otherwise is hardly to be considered a member 
of the Class. He has been engaged in business since leaving 
college and does not state whether he is married or not. 



108 ROLL OF THE CLASS. 

120 Boylston St., Boston. 
WILDE. 

Allan H. Wilde was born at Maiden, Mass., April 29th, 
1874. He is the son of William Allan Wilde, of the well 
known Boston publishing firm, and Celestia D, Wilde. His 
early education was received at the primary and grammar 
schools in Maiden and he spent six years at the Boston Latin 
School in preparation for college. 

He is a member of the D. K. E. Fraternity. He was Gym. 
Captain first and second years, platoon captain third and 
fourth years, on the Kellogg Five Freshman year and the 
Cotillion Club Senior year. He was graduated with the 
degree of B. A. 

The summer of 1897 he entered the publishing house of the 
W. A. Wilde Co. and has been associated with that firm ever 
since. 

He was married at Maiden, Mass., May 23rd, 1900, to Miss 
Myrtle Lydia Kimball. They have three children. Nelson 
Kimball, born April 9th, 1901, Elizabeth Hoyt, born August 
23rd, 1903, and Alfred Allan, born January 29th, 1906. 

He has been a member of the Common Council of Maiden 
for the past five years and has been president of the same 
body since 1904. He has taken an active part in the city 
government of Maiden, has served as chairman on many 
important committees and is at present especially interested 
in the development of the Maiden Public Library for which 
a new building is now in process of construction. 

Dep't of Agriculture, Washington. 
WILDER. 

Henry Jason Wilder was born at Sunderland, Jan. 15th, 
1873. He is the son of Alden Wilder, a farmer, and Jane 
Woodbury Wilder. His early life was spent in Sunderland 
where he was educated in the public schools, and he fitted 
for college at the Amherst High School and Phillips Academy, 
Andover. 

He spent one year with our class at Amherst going from 
there to Harvard from which he was graduated with the 
Class of '97 receiving the degree of A. B. He was a member 
of the Harvard Lacrosse Team his Junior and Senior years. 

After graduation he taught science at Dummer Academy, 
South Byfield, for four years, giving courses in physics 
and chemistry. In 1901 he accepted a position in the U. S. 
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which work he has continued up to the present time. For 
the past year his subject of special study has been "Fruit 
Soils of the Appalachian Mountains and Valleys." 

He has published ten Soil Survey reports for the U. S. 
Department of Agriculture and a monograph entitled, "The 
Relation of Soil Texture to Apple Production, " which appeared 
in "Science," Dec. 1st. 1905. 

He was married August 16th, 1900, at Brighton, Mass., 
to Miss Gertrude May Bent. They had one son, Leighton 
Alden, born March 9th, 1902, who died April 3rd, 1902. 

Marion, N. Y. 
YOUNG, T. F. 

Thomas Farwell Young was born at Marion, Wayne Co., 
N. Y., on November 10th, 1871. He is the son of Thomas 
Kingsley Young, nurseryman, and Laura Ellen Farwell 
Young. His early education was received at the Marion 
Village District School and the Marion Collegiate Institute. 
At the latter place he fitted for college with the exception 
of one year at the Union School of Holley, N. Y. 

He is a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. "I had the 
good fortune to spend the four years in Professor Richardson's 
house and was treated most kindly there. My athletic record 
was made and maintained in the cane rushes, where I suc- 
ceeded in placing three hands on the cane. For a time I 
was leader of the choir at the 2nd Congregational Church." 
He was graduated with the degree of B. A. 

For the following five years he spent most of his time in 
the laboratory of the State Hospital for the Insane at Willard, 
N. Y., doing microscopic work, making bacteriologic exam- 
inations for the diphtheria bacillus during an epidemic at 
the institution, and conducting a series of dietary researches 
under the direction of Professor Atwater. Since his father's 
death, he has been conducting his business of nurseryman 
at Marion, growing fruit trees. 

He was married at Marion, July 2nd, 1904, to Miss Bertha 
Delia Sherman. They have one daughter, Phoebe Gertrude, 
born October 3rd, 1906. 

Little Falls, N. J. 

YOUNG, W. H. 

Warren Hastings Young was born at Brooklyn, N. Y., 
July 18th, 1876. He is the son of Thomas Young, a crockery 
merchant, and Julia Frances Dodd Young. His early life 



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was spent at Brooklyn, where he was educated at the primary 
schools and fitted for college at the Brooklyn Polytechnic. 

He is a member of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity. He was 
on the Kellogg Fifteen first and second years, on the Class 
Badge Committee Sophomore year and was elected Class 
Prophet fourth year, which position he resigned. He left 
college during the spring of Senior year. In 1899 he entered 
the University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 
which he was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1903. 
In 1901 he took a course in New York University for which 
he received his degree of B. A. 

For the years 1903 and 1904 he was Interne at the Bellevue 
Hospital. For the past three years he has been in the general 
practice of medicine, first at Montclair and at present in 
Little Falls, N. J. 

He was married at Little Falls, May 8th, 1904, to Miss 
Laura E. Marble. They have two children, Warren Hastings 
Young, Jr., born February 28th, 1905, and Thomas Edward, 
born May 3rd, 1907. 



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LOST SHEEP. 

There remain five men, Andrews, Brown, Fairman, Rowe 
and Yager, all of whom were associated with our Class for 
at least one full year and so count in the Trophy competitions. 
These men, the Secretary has been unable, either before or 
since the Decennial, to locate. Letters to such addresses 
as are available have either remained unanswered or have 
been returned. The interest of the police forces in their 
native towns has been elicited without success, and though 
in one or two cases registered letters have been receipted for 
by the men addressed, no answers were forthcoming. 

Andrews has been reported in a sanatorium for mental 
disturbances. But the report cannot be confirmed as the 
name of the institution is not known. 

Brown has secured an M. D., origin not determined, and 
is in practice somewhere, though his name does not appear 
in Polk's Medical Directory of the United States and Canada. 

Fairman has left no tracks behind him. 

Rowe went to Harvard where he was graduated with the 
Class of '97, and his name appears in the Harvard '97 
Decennial Book as a teacher with address at 25 Catawba St., 
Roxbury. 

Yager has been reported dead by the Registrar at Amherst. 
Nothing is known of his movements after leaving college nor 
of the truth of the Registrar's report. 



112 CLASS MEETINGS. 



CLASS MEETINGS. 

Triennial Class Meeting. 

A meeting of the Class was called to order June 25th, 1900; 
7,30 P. M., at the Kindergarten by the Class secretary in the 
absence of the president and vice-president. 

The first business to come before the meeting was the 
election of officers to serve for three years. It was moved 
and seconded that the election be by nomination and 
acclamation. Carried. 

E. T. Esty was nominated for president. Elected. 

Rushmore was nominated for vice-president. Elected. 

Patch was nominated for treasurer. Elected. 

The chairman appointed Bird chairman of the Class Fund 
Committee and Patch, ex-officio, and Crary the other members 
of that committee. 

The treasurer was appointed by the president auditor of 
the Triennial Committee's accounts. 

The Decennial Committee was appointed by the president 
at follows: — Emerson, Chairman, Carnell, Chapin, Kidder 
and C. F. Richmond. 

Moved and seconded that a Class tax of $1.00 be levied 
annually and that the treasurer be empowered to collect 
the same. Carried. 

President Esty pointed out the benefits to be derived from 
a Class Fund to be started early in our graduate career and 
advised the Fund Committee to take steps toward the growth 
of such a Fund to be used in the future for a scholarship or 
as the Class might decide. 

The meeting then adjourned to the Amherst House for the 
Triennial Banquet. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Kendall Emerson, Secretary. 

Sexennial Class Meeting. 

A meeting of the Class was called to order by President 
Esty at Whitridge Hall, June 23, 1903, at 8.30 o'clock. 

The first business before the meeting was the election of 
officers for the ensuing four years. It was moved and sec- 




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onded that election should be by nomination and acclamation. 
Carried. 

E. T. Esty was nominated for president. Elected. 

It was moved and seconded that the office of president 
should be made permanent. Carried. Mr. Esty entered 
a protest against the motion, to which no attention was paid 
by the Class. 

Rushmore, nominated for vice-president. Elected, 

Patch of Gloucester, nominated for treasurer. Elected. 

Bird, nominated as Chairman of the Finance Committee. 
Elected. 

Moved and seconded that the members of the Finance 
Committee be continued in office and that the name of C. F. 
Richmond be added to those already on the committee. 
Carried. 

It was moved and seconded that the matter of the assump- 
tion by the Class of the debt contracted with the college by 
our late classmate, Johnson, be laid upon the table till the 
Decennial. Carried. 

Moved and seconded that the Class tax be increased to 
$2.00 annually. Carried. 

The Class Treasurer then made his report which was 
accepted. 

Moved and seconded that Bird be appointed auditor of 
the Class Accounts. Carried. 

Moved and seconded that the president appoint the Decen- 
nial Reunion Committee. Carried. The following names 
were read by the president later at the banquet as those 
who would serve on the Reunion Committee. Chairman- 
Emerson, Carnell, Crary, Keep and Wilde. 

The meeting adjourned at 8.50 to the Amherst House for 
the Sexennial Banquet. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Kendall Emerson, Secretary. 

Decennial Class Meeting. 

A meeting of the Class was called to order by President 
E. T. Esty at Headquarters on June 24th, 1907, at 7.30 P. M. 

The first business before the meeting was the election 
of officers for the ensuing five j^ears. It was moved and 
seconded that election should be by nomination and accla- 
mation. Carried. 

E. T. Esty was nominated for president. Mr. Esty refused 
to serve another term and offered his resignation which was 
not accepted. Original nomination carried. 



114 CLASS MEETINGS. 

It was moved and seconded that the secretary be instructed 
to cast one ballot for the remaining officers to continue in 
office. Carried, and the ballot was cast. 

The members of the Finance Committee were re-nominated 
and elected. Moved and seconded that the president appoint 
a Quindecennial Committee. 

(At the Class Banquet later, the following men were 
appointed on that committee: — ^Emerson, chairman, Carnell, 
Downey, G. H. Grosvenor and E. C. Morse.) 

It was moved and seconded that the secretary be instructed 
to write a letter expressing the thanks of the Class, for the 
use of her house as headquarters, to Mrs. H. B. Richardson, 
and to enclose a check in addition to the rental of the house, 
sufficient to defray the expense of repairs for damage caused 
by the Class at the Decennial. Carried. 

The Class treasurer then made his report which was 
accepted. He spoke of the difficulty he found in collecting 
the annual dues and urged it upon every man to contribute 
promptly when the tax was levied. 

The chairman of the Finance Committee made his report 
which was accepted. 

The secretary in the capacity of Collection Committee 
announced the collection from the Class and gift to the Car- 
negie Building Fund of $180.00 at the '96 Commencement. 

It was moved and seconded that President Esty be selected 
to represent the Class and speak at the Alumni Dinner. 
Carried. 

The Chairman of the Decennial Reunion Committee made 
a brief preliminary report of the finances of the Decennial, 
upon which no action was taken. 

The meeting then adjourned to the Amherst House for 
the Decennial Banquet at 8.30 o'clock. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Kendall Emerson, Secretary. 



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TO THE CLASS. 



The foregoing compendium of useful knowledge is offered 
to the Class in all humility by its secretaiy. It falls far short 
of his ideals, and likewise, no doubt, of your desires. Instead 
of the months of consecutive labor that sliould have been 
spent on the work to render it a fit memorial and tribute to 
such a Class as 'Ninety-seven, it is perforce the fruit of odd 
moments snatched from a busy family and professional life. 
For its many inaccuracies apology is hereby made. That it 
may serve as one more mesh in the fabric that knits together 
the interests of the Class is the motive that sends it forth. 

The secretary's thanks are due to the co-operation of 
the men who wrote special articles. It was intended to have 
several more scintillations from other members, but for one 
cause or another ( they said modesty ) they failed to conie 
to time. It is an interesting fact that of the thirty-six 
instructors at whose feet we sat in college, eighteen only are 
teaching at Amherst today. By stating that fact in letters to 
the survivors answers were obtained from a number of the 
eighteen which form a valuable section of the book. Among 
the names one misses several who for one cause or another 
■were unable to comply with the request for a word of greet- 
ing. When seen recently Dr. Hopkins made his explanation 
to the effect that the onus of his new work at the head pf the 
chemistry department was such that he had not found time to 
write, but wished us all well just the same. A brief word 
came from Davy Todd not so very long since, saying that his 
absence on a visit to Mars had made it impossible for him to 
write even a word to the boys, much as he would have liked 
to do so. The following message arrived too late for publica- 
tion in the book, from Professor Kimball. 

Amherst College, 

Department of Physics. 
Dear Dr. Emerson : — 

My heartiest greeting to the men of '97, and I trust 
that along with the inevitable hard work they are finding 
many of the joys and satisfactions of life. 
Truly yours, 

Arthur L. Kimball. 

So it looks as though most of the men of ten years since at 
least remember us for better or for worse. 



116 TO THE CLASS. 

The delay in publication is to be regretted, but for many- 
reasons was unavoidable. The book appears rather too much 
as ancient history. For '97 makes history fast, and much has 
transpired since the manuscript went to the printer. Among 
the tidbits recently picked up is the fact of Arthur- Hunt's 
engagement to a New York girl, name not ascertained. Steve 
Rushmore's engagement just happened in time for publication. 
It is probably also true that the Class birth list has swelled 
somewhat, though the secretary has heard of no new arrivals 
since Christmas Day. It would be of the greatest help in the 
matter of record keeping if you would each let this little book 
serve as a reminder that it is up to you to keep the secretary 
informed of changes in businees, address, social status, and size 
of family promptly upon their occurrence,'as well as any publi- 
cations, appointments and other honors that may befall you. 
Your successes and prosperity measure the economic value of 
the Class and are worthy of record. 

^ It was intended to embody a complete history of the Class 
since its birth in 1898 in these pages. Austin was, unfortu- 
nately, too busy to undertake the work last fall and it must go 
over to the next publication. It is an honorable record and its 
value will but be enhanced by the delay. Meanwhile an occa- 
sional Wake- Up will appear to give recent data. 

No man who was present at the Decennial can fail to appre- 
ciate the value of reunions. Whether great or small, on the 
regular years or not, there should always be a representative 
crowd back at Commencement time for your own sakes, for the 
sake of the Class and for the sake of the College. Also a 
word should be said for the lesser gatherings. Every year we 
have had an annual raid-winter dinner, alternately in New 
York and Boston. Attendance has always been enthusiastic, 
often large. But we MUST make them still bigger affairs. 
The money and time you spend to get there you forget in a 
week. The fun you have lasts a year. Let every man move 
heaven and earth to swell the number next and every year. 

Here's to meeting every one of you in Amherst this June. 



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